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Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. – Charles Horton Cooley

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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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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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It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art. – Ovid

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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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