(77 quotes found)
“To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance”
Spanish Proverb
“Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry. The Conservative”
“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”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.”
William E. Gladstone
“Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life”
Akhenaton
“Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.”
William Blake
“Good nature without prudence, is foolishness”
Proverb
“If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.”
Omar Bradley
“One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.”
James Brady
