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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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A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. – John Milton

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