Quotes About Prudence

When Newt walked in the barn to get a rope, the Captain turned and handed him a holstered pistol and a gun belt. "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it," he added, a little solemnly.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it," he added, a little solemnly.

If you're not careful, you run out of time.

I didn't know what to say to that, so i kept my mouth shut. When in doubt,shut the fuck up.

Never throw stones if you think they're going to come back and hit you.

Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong.

Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy.

When in doubt, shut the fuck up.

Suspicion is healthy. It'll keep you alive.

Its nice to know that your common sense stands between me and the grave.

any departure from reality that could easily be avoided ought to be avoided.

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Never fire a laser at a mirror.

In merest prudence men should teach . . . That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings-- E'en Angel's wings!--are fictions.

The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he understands it; and though his talents may not always be very brilliant, they are always perfectly genuine

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

Look before you leap.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

Think twice before you act.

The alcohol-inspired fights that break out in market towns on Saturday evenings are predictable symptoms of fury at our incarceration. They are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order — and of the rage that silently accumulates beneath a uniquely law-abiding and compliant surface.

it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

58 Cuando vas junto con tu contrario a querellarte ante el magistrado, haz en el camino todo lo posible por librarte de él, no sea que por fuerza te lleve al juez, y el juez te entregue al alguacil, y el alguacil te meta en la cárcel. 59 Porque yo te aseguro que de ella no saldrás, hasta que hayas pagado el último maravedí. 13