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Quote by John Milton
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do un

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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To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. – John Milton

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The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. – John Milton

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Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged. – Proverb

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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. – Molly Ivins

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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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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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Their spirituality was in nature, even though Emerson was a preacher on the pulpit, he ended up going out into nature for direct, face-to-face communication with God, if you want to call all of this creation part of God. – Story Musgrave

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