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Prudent people are very happy; tis an exceeding fine thing, thats

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

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – Henry de Bracton

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Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. – Samuel Johnson

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