Quotes About Wariness

Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid.

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.

Not to be negative, but I think the biggest lesson is don't trust anyone.

There's a particularly British wariness of appearing to try too hard. It's somehow distasteful. Everything should come to us seamlessly and, if you have to work at it, you're somehow a loser.

Never trust the French.

It was never a big leap from "unfamiliar" to "suspected

Though wickedly aware of his surroundings, he didn't look around; looking around attracted the eye. People who saw him would ask themselves, "Why's that guy looking around like that?" He'd learned not to do it.

1. Don't believe nobody. The bastards are after you. 2. Keep your mouth shut. Don't stick your neck out. 3. Keep your ears open. When they make a slip, grab on to it and wait. 4. Everybody's a son of a bitch and whatever you do they got it coming. 5. Go at everything roundabout. 6. Don't never trust no dame about nothing. 7. Put your faith in dough. Everybody wants it. Everybody will sell out for it.

She was suspicious of fun whether it involved dancing or singing or even laughter. She felt that people having a good time were wide open to the

Always suspect everybody. That's the maxim to go through life with!

State terror then is not only "shock and awe," but often more a pinprick of wariness and dread, reminding one of state power, its dominance. In other words, the "shock and awe" is not a one-time event, nor is it meant to be. It is meant to have a lasting impact, to make the subordinated think always that the shock could be applied again. It is meant to leave one in an ongoing "state of shock. Whether

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

We should always deal cautiously with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family; for they may, when the occasion presents itself, at once bring about our death.

sometimes when you're too careful it just turns into a different kind of carelessness.

Better overly cautious than overly dead,

Keep your distance, men. Don't be fooled into believing that our enemies are helpless. These 'girls', as they call themselves are a crafty bunch. I've see inside the thing they call a 'purse'. It is filled with all kinds of toxic sprays and pointy things they wouldn't hesitate unleashed on us

Când nu e?ti sigur, ocole?te.

I learned that if someone tells you to be on the safe side lots of times then after a while they do not need to say it. After a while you just say it to yourself in your head like, 'I had better not do that, just to be on the safe side.

So, despite the popular view of Stoicism as a philosophy that would strip us of most emotions, the ancient Stoics argue that the very best of us show rational exuberance and desire, and a cautious wariness, lest we be too easily led astray or deceived. We cherish friends and nurture warm and welcoming attitudes toward them. This is what it is to be righteous. Put bluntly, even sages have emotional skin in the game.

Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.