Quotes About Circumspection

those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know.

One must be so careful these days.

Don't do anything stupid.", FADE by Kailin Gow

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

I am a person who beats around the bush when I want to speak about my own feelings.

Let's not go there.' 'That's what people always say about places where they already are.

He'd forgotten the ancient wisdom: take care, when you are closely observing, that you are not closely observed.

The boys ate warily, trying not to be seen or heard, the cornbread sticking, the buttermilk gurgling, as it went down their gullets.

YOU CAN TRUST YOUR LOVE ONE, BUT NOT EVERYONE AROUND THEM.

There is a time for everything; and all people, but more especially women, should be constantly careful to watch circumstances, and not to air their accomplishments at a time when nobody cares for them. They should practise a sparing economy in displaying their learning and eloquence, and should even, if circumstances require, plead ignorance on subjects with which they are familiar.

Imagination might not be limitless. It's still tethered to the universe of what we know, and as wild as our dreams might be, we can't help but read them with the same grounded circumspection that guided our forebears when they mapped out our walls.

Experience had taught me it's better to be wary and feel ridiculous than to get conked on the head, or abducted, or whatever the enemy plan of the day might be.

Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion.

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

discretion will generally keep a fella safe.

As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust, so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence.

A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

Discretion is the better part of valor

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

El peligro no justifica un acto irresponsable, por grave que sea la situación. Arya