Quote by Samuel Johnson
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often m

Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. – Samuel Johnson

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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. – Samuel Johnson

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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. – William Blake

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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. – Henry Fielding

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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. – Tacitus

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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. – John Milton

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