Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.
—Benjamin Franklin
Showing posts with label prudence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prudence. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Post #2541
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
—Charles Caleb Colton
—Charles Caleb Colton
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Friday, September 18, 2015
Post #1905
The richest endowments of the mind are temperance, prudence, and fortitude. Prudence is a universal virtue, which enters into the composition of all the rest; and where she is not, fortitude loses its name and nature.
—Voltaire
—Voltaire
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Post #1773
Circumspection in calamity; mercy in greatness; good speeches in assemblies; fortitude in adversity: these are the self-attained perfections of great souls.
—Hitopadeśa
—Hitopadeśa
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Post #1732
Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
—Edmund Burke
—Edmund Burke
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Post #1702
You ask credit
I no give
You get mad
I give credit
You no pay
I get mad
Better you get mad.
I no give
You get mad
I give credit
You no pay
I get mad
Better you get mad.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Post #1273
Creditors are a superstitious set, great observers of set days and times.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Post #553
Prudence which degenerates into timidity is very seldom the path to safety.
—Viscount Cecil
—Viscount Cecil
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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