Quote by Henry Fielding
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness

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

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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. – Henry Fielding

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We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnible, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living. – Randolph Silliman Bourne

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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Prudent people are very happy; tis an exceeding fine thing, thats certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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

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