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There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.”
Baltasar Gracian - The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.

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The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

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Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.”
Baltasar Gracian - The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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A wise and prudent king knows how to make use of even the least of his subjects.”
Jean de La Fontaine - Fables

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A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.”
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince

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The cautious seldom err.”
Confucius

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The enlightenment of understanding makes man smarter, but not better.”
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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There is no praise we have not lavished upon Prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis Bacon

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