“Self denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality”
George Bernard Shaw
“Self denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.”
Oscar Wilde
“Deny Self for Self's sake”
Benjamin Franklin
“Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.”
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
“Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.”
John Milton
“The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.”
Edmund Burke
“To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance”
Spanish Proverb
