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Quotes About Caution

And remember to watch out for earwigs and wild hamsters. Ferocious things, wild hamsters.
~ Christopher Paolini
Eragon's plan to let his family see Saphira was dispelled by Roran's announcement and Saphira's own cautionary words. She was reluctant to be seen, and he, partly out of selfishness, agreed. The moment her existence was divulged, he knew that shouts, accusations, and fear would be directed at him Ã¢â'¬Â¦ so he procrastinated. He told himself to wait for a sign that it was the right time.
~ Christopher Paolini
Many will advise you to dig for the truth, but you must never, never do that. I have dug. I have seen what lies below, and I would not wish that upon the worst of you.
~ Christopher Paolini
Try not to burn down Aroughs, would you? Cities are rather hard to replace.
~ Christopher Paolini
As she'd learned through painful experience, second-guessing could be every bit as deadly as overreacting.
~ Christopher Paolini
He had smoked dope exactly twice, but stopped when he realized it was called dope for a reason.
~ Christopher Pike
Most people would not open a door unless they knew what lay beyond, and even if they opened the door by mistake, they would find an uninteresting room beyond.
~ Trudi Canavan
He had always believed that robes and swords did not go together well. There were already too many ways a magician could harm another person. Why add a non-magical one to the list?
~ Trudi Canavan
People, heed my warning: That stuff is Specials Olympics in a pint glass. You think they are harmless and not very strong, and the next thing you know it is an hour later and you are in the bathroom of the bar with your pants off, surrounded by five girls, giving your boxers to a bachelorette party because one of the girls is cute and told you that you had a nice butt. Be forewarned. - from the Austin Road Trip story
~ Tucker Max
Signora, there's nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one's own heart….
~ Umberto Eco
there's nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one's own heart...
~ Umberto Eco
İyi bir av bu, William Birader, ama geceleri dikkatli olun.' 'Niçin gündüzleri deÄŸil?' 'Çünkü burada gündüzleri bedenler yararl? otlarla iyileÅŸtirilir; geceleriyse kafalar zehirli otlarla hasta edilir.
~ Umberto Eco
para no acabar haciendo el necio, prefiero no empezar haciendo el listo.
~ Umberto Eco
Rigid ranking based on minuscule differences misleads rather than informs. Rounding and approximation is superior to unwarranted and unnecessary precision. Doubt, caution, and incessant questioning are in order—but so is the insistence on quantifying the complex realities of the modern world. If we are to understand many unruly realities, if we are to base our decisions on the best available information, then there is no substitute for this pursuit.
~ Vaclav Smil
Alas, poor James is dead. / We see his face no more. / For what he thought was H2O / Was H2SO4
~ Val McDermid
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.
~ Victor Hugo
Sikap hati-hati adalah anak sulung kebijaksanaan.
~ Victor Hugo
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with the one is wounded with the other.
~ Victor Hugo
Ladies, a second piece of advice--do not marry; marriage is a graft; it may take hold or not. Shun the risk.
~ Victor Hugo
He was full of sly caution and clumsy recklessness. He
~ Victor Hugo
It behooved wise people to play the part of their own police, and to guard themselves well, and care must be taken to duly close, bar and barricade their houses, and to fasten the doors well.
~ Victor Hugo
The peculiarity of prudery is to place all the more sentinels in proportion as the fortress is the less menaced.
~ Victor Hugo
The abyss sometimes has these thoughtful ideas; but you will do well to beware of its kindness.
~ Victor Hugo
in the bourgeoisie, honored situations decay through too easy relations; one must beware whom one admits;
~ Victor Hugo