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Quotes About Caution

The gambling supply house catalog is distinctly not the safest place to learn about cheating devices, beware of catalog men.
~ John Scarne
In truth, men speak too much of danger.
~ Jose Marti
I'm not a betting man.
~ Kelly Jones
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
~ Paul Gleason
And, to all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much, nor doubt a wife.
~ Philip Massinger
There is nothing against which an old man should be so much upon his guard as putting himself to nurse.
~ Samuel Johnson
A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.
~ Stephen Crane
We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
For many men that stumble at the threshold are well foretold that danger lurks within.
~ William Shakespeare
Never insult seven men if you're only carrying a six shooter.
~ Harry Morgan
Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.
~ Laurence J. Peter
One need not be a prophet to be aware of impending dangers. An accidental combination of experience and interest will often reveal events to one man under aspects which few yet see.
~ Friedrich August von Hayek
Any harm you do to a man should be done in such a way that you need not fear his revenge.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Safe men are for marrying. Dangerous men are for pleasure.
~ Lisa Kleypas
From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers.
~ Muriel Spark
Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of "rich" usually cancels out the nice of "bald".
~ Rita Rudner
My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]
~ Horace
It is not wise for a man who can get seasick in a rowboat on a mill-pond to attack a Japanese dinner just after a seventeen days voyage across the Pacific.
~ John Fox, Jr.
Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.
~ Walter Raleigh
I should have caught the mistake on that spelling bee card. But as Mark Twain once said, 'You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word'.
~ Dan Quayle
A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.
~ E. W. Howe
Beware of a man with manners.
~ Eudora Welty
The only type of men Julia's mother had warned her about were wealthy industrialist who polluted the environment and took advantage of third-world countries. And Republilicans.
~ Cathie Linz, Good Girls Do