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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. - Willia

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

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Cruelty has a Human Heart, And jealousy a Human Face; Terror the Human Form Divine, And secrecy the Human Dress. The Human Dress is forged Iron, The Human Form a Fiery Forge, The Human Face a Furnace seal d, The Human Heart its hungry gorge. – William Blake

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

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

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