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Quotes about prudence
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts. (Sandburg Carl)
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. (Sandburg Carl)
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age. (Sandburg Carl)
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. (Sandburg Carl)
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. (Sandburg Carl)
Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent. (Sandburg Carl)
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. (Sandburg Carl)
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. (Sandburg Carl)
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. (Sandburg Carl)
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. (Sandburg Carl)
I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself. (Sandburg Carl)
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. (Sandburg Carl)
He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day. (Sandburg Carl)
It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art. (Sandburg Carl)
Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged. (Sandburg Carl)
Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time. (Sandburg Carl)
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. (Sandburg Carl)
You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget. (Sandburg Carl)
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