Quotes About Caution

They are much more concerned about not doing the wrong thing than doing the right.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

Third Time tricked, marks the fool.

Confidence can be a dangerous thing. Fear can keep you safe, sometimes.

Do you know, Richard, that it's the weight of one flake of snow that is one too many, and causes an avalanche? Without that one, last flake, the catastrophe would not happen. When using magic, you must know which is the one snowflake too many before you add its weight. The avalanche will be out of all proportion to what you think the weight of that flake could invoke.

Don't make promises, because circumstances have a way of making you regret them.

Be warned, child, you have the true power of the tongue. You have never seen it. It will be a terrible doing if you ever let it loose.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.

What did I tell you about Mister Safety Catch?' said Vimes weakly. When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend,' recited Detritus, saluting.

HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don't upset any druids. You will soon be going on a very strange journey. Your lucky food is small cucumbers. People pointing knives at you are probably up to no good. PS, we really mean it about the druids.

Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something.

Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

All Fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once.

When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.

My granny used to say if you're too sharp you'll cut yourself

Don't trust the cannibal just 'cos he's usin' a knife and fork!

Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your own home.

Don't stick your nose where someone can pull it off and eat it.

Children's parties were obviously places where any angel with an ounce of common sense should fear to tread.

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

Real magic is the hand around the bandsaw, the thrown spark in the powder keg, the dimension-warp linking you straight into the heart of a star, the flaming sword that burns all the way down to the pommel. Sooner juggle torches in a tar pit than mess with real magic. Sooner lie down in front of a thousand elephants.

An hour ago Cutwell had thumbed through the index of The Monster Fun Grimoire and had cautiously assembled a number of common household ingredients and put a match to them. Funny thing about eyebrows, he mused. You never really noticed them until they'd gone.