Quotes About Caution

it's too dark a night to walk with your eyes closed

But—it's too dark a night to walk with your eyes closed, as my people say." Tanis sighed and nodded.

There is nothing people cannot get accustomed to, even to a life like mine, and so I must be careful, very careful indeed, not to become accustomed to it myself.

Celui qui s'expose par ses propos n'est qu'un sot. (L'abîme)

Look, she sighed. You might be a lovely lad, in fairness you look like a lovely lad, but I can't take the chance. My kids wouldn't even be able to remember what I was wearing to tell the police. And all the recent photographs of me are bad, very jowly. I couldn't have them stuck to the lamp posts around the city. On your way, son. (Woman to Matt, when he tried to give her a lift.)

A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above all, mind what you say. "Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is a fire"—that's the truth.

That's how the world is, touch anything, change everything. Caution is needed.

Well, you know, that's good of you to say, but it's not always wise to make promises. There can be a lot more involved in keeping them than it seems at the time.

Una punta di rabbia di troppo, troppo spesso o al momento sbagliato, può distruggere più di quanto potresti mai immaginare. Soprattutto, bada a quello che dici. Vedete un piccolo fuoco quale grande foresta può incendiare! Anche la lingua è un fuoco: ecco la verità.

He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.

Woman and children can afford to be careless, men can not.

I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

But della Rovere frowned and said, Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church.

Always remember that and live your life not to be a hero but to remain alive. With time, heroes seem a little foolish.

Mantén a tus amigos cerca, pero a tus enemigos más cerca

An intelligent, reasonable man in most cases has nothing to fear from women. You must beware of two things. Number one and most dangerous: the damsel in distress. Two: a woman who has more ambition than you do.

It's got to be some kind of cult. Anyone offers you Kool-Aid or a hot shower, say no .

Some stories you should run from while you still have legs.

He was afraid a lot, but it had become a discerning fear.

Beware of men with theories that explain everything. Trust those who approach the world with humility and cautious insight. The

At the very least, Vietnam should stand as a permanent caution against going to war for any but the most immediate, direct, and vital national interest, or to prevent genocide or wider conflict, and then only in concert with other countries.

Beware of men with theories that explain everything.

The United States should interact with other nations realistically, first, not on the basis of domestic political priorities. Very often the problems in distant lands have little or nothing to do with America's ideological preoccupations. Beware of men with theories that explain everything. Trust those who approach the world with humility and cautious insight.

Beware of men with theories that explain everything. Trust those who approach the world with humility and cautious insight