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“When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.”

Ifs Together Voice Talent Ordinary Latin Evident Caution Elegance Niceties

Author:Horace

“Look twice before you leap.”

Life Looks Women Responsibility Leap Caution Taking Action Immature

Book:Shirley and The Professor

Source: Shirley and The Professor

“If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will have to cultivate the delicate art of handling ideas. Psychology is now able to tell us with reasonable assurance that the most influential obstacle to freedom of thought and to new ideas is fear; and fear which can with inimitable art disguise itself as caution, or sanity, or reasoned skepticism, or on occasion even as courage.”

“To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.”

Reason Running Action Literature Wise Anxiety Running Away Caution

Book:The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha

Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha

“Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.”

Funny Decision Sarcastic Yield Caution Deliberate Firmness Graciousness Decisiveness Carefulness

Book:L.P.

Source: L.P.

“From wonder into wonder existence opens.”

Inspirational Existence Wonder Awakening Taoism Caution Enlightening

Author:Laozi

“The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ or not, or whether His Spirit dwells in us or not-which argue both the difficulty of attaining an assured confidence herein, as also the danger of our being mistaken, and yet the certainty of a good issue upon the diligent and regular use of means to that purpose.”

Mean Made Use Spirit Purpose Christ Religious Issues Danger Difficulty Arguing Scripture Command Certainty Mistaken Inquiry Assurance Caution Assured Diligence Diligent

Author:John Owen

“The negative cautions of science are never popular.”

Negative Caution

Book:Coming of Age in Samoa

Source: Coming of Age in Samoa

“Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness can be attained: but those who are not yet subject to their influence may, by timely caution, preserve their freedom.”

May Evil Influence Subjects Habit Conquer Preserves Caution Timely

Book:The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

Source: The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

“Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.”

Men Equal Caution Prudence

Book:Leviathan

Source: Leviathan

“ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.”

Mother Motherhood Accountability Caution

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.”

Thinking Remember Strong Advice Caution Think Twice

Author:Michael Jackson

“It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.”

Telling The Truth Caution

Author:Baltasar Gracian

“Haste makes work which caution prevents.”

Book:The Select Works of William Penn....

Source: The Select Works of William Penn....

“Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.”

Evil Late Too Late Midst Caution

Author:Walter Scott

“Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.”

Eye Tongue Caution Prudence

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.”

War Enlightened Rulers Caution Art Of War

Book:The Art of War

Source: The Art of War

“With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.”

Use Common Responsibility Arms Bears Gun Common Sense Gun Control Caution Right To Bear Arms Handguns Great Responsibility

Author:Ronald Reagan

“You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.”

Real Success Games Fun Sports Wind Caution

Author:Dan Dierdorf

“It would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better studied and known in the creation of it. For how could man find the confidence to abuse it, while they should see the Great Creator stare them in the face, in all and every part thereof?”

People Men World Way Should Long Use Faces Known Creation Direct Abuse Creator Staring Caution Long Way

Author:William Penn

“Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules.”

Writing Made Book Science Courses Natural Subjects Style Ignorance Ignorant Caution Spoiled

Author:Isaac Asimov

“There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.”

Men Learning Wise Society Memorable Daring Caution Carpe Diem This Society Carpe Dead Poets Society Dead Poets

Author:Robin Williams

“By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources”

Firsts May States Chance Secret Habit Resources Thirds Affair Appearance Chess Caution Discouraged Foresight Playing Chess Circumspection

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“Bare skin is the one and only right criterion for receiving water's gracious acceptance or any acceptance whatsoever from that element. But Pliny also seems to say something more: Stripping off not caution but the stale, crusty garments of preconception, peeling sensibly down to raw, new nakedness, is the only way to enter and be properly embraced by the world.”

World Way Seems Water Acceptance Elements Skins Clothings Receiving Caution Criteria Gracious Garments Stale Preconceptions Stripping Peeling Bare Skin

Author:Janet Lembke

“As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but love for one's neighbor and self-denial; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.”

“If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.”

Ifs Use Eye Guides Discrimination Wander Staff Caution Carefulness

Author:Rumi

“The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility.”

Language Chance Humility Morality Worms Caution Curls Carefulness

Book:Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo

Source: Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo

“Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.”

Wells Looks Might Stars Risk Shots Caution Carefulness

Book:The poetry of Robert Frost

Source: The poetry of Robert Frost

“The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.”

May Example Bird Spread Misfortunes Warning Caution Snares Carefulness Misfortunes Of Others

Book:Gulistan or Rose Garden

Source: Gulistan or Rose Garden

“The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy.”

People Government Economy Taught Economics Congress Spending Reserves Caution Federal Reserve

Author:Ron Paul

“A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.”

“The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning, is believed to be, that it was not suspected that any such charge would ever take place; and it appears that no such charge did take place, during the early period of the Constitution, when the meaning of its authors could be best ascertained, nor until many of the contemporary lights had in the lapse of time been extinguished. How often does it happen, that a notoriety of intention diminishes the caution against its being misunderstood or doubted!”

Doe Made Reason Light Happens Cases Periods Constitution Intention Contemporary Uncertainty Diminish Caution Misunderstood Doubted Lapses Notoriety Being Misunderstood

Book:1816-1828

Source: 1816-1828

“You are frightened of everything. You call it caution. You call it common sense. You call it practicality. You call it playing the odds, but that's only because you're afraid to call it by its real name, and its real name is fear.”

Real Names Fear Common Common Sense Frightened Odds Caution Practicality

Book:Darklost

Source: Darklost

“The Republic can count on me to battle its enemies... Offensive war suits the passionate character of the French, but it is the responsibility of the man in charge of leading them to prepare with caution and wisdom everything that leads to victory.”

Men War Character Responsibility Enemy He Man Victory Battle Passionate Suits Republic Offensive Caution Count On Me

Book:The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo

“I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.”

Thinking Littles Said Found Situation Too Much Caution

Book:Where Things Come Back

Source: Where Things Come Back

“Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution.”

Men War Young Virtue Vices Young Man Old Man Caution Arabia Mistrust Hope For The Future

Author:Alec Guinness

“Successful investors tend to be unemotional, allowing the greed and fear of others to play into their hands. By having confidence in their own analysis and judgement, they respond to market forces not with blind emotion but with calculated reason. Successful investors, for example, demonstrate caution in frothy markets and steadfast conviction in panicky ones. Indeed, the very way an investor views the market and it’s price fluctuations is a key factor in his or her ultimate investment success or failure.”

“Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.”

Men Feels Mind Believe Use Used Fighting Enemy Teach Alive Fool Good Things Edges Every Man Damn Believe In Me Boast Caution No Fear Fearlessness Sharp Edges

Author:Joe Abercrombie

“There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.”

Fear Results Courage Courageous Caution Prudence Reptiles

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

“It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another.”

Thinking Should Important Country Inspire Habit Exercise Administration Department Spheres Patriot Avoiding Caution Free Country Farewell Address Power Of One

Book:The speeches, addresses and messages, of the several presidents of the United States, at the openings of Congress and at their respective inaugurations: Also, the Declaration of independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's farewell address to his fellow-citizens

Source: The speeches, addresses and messages, of the several presidents of the United States, at the openings of Congress and at their respective inaugurations: Also, the Declaration of independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's farewell address to his fellow-citizens

“It is not indeed certain, that the most refined caution will find a proper time for bringing a man to the knowledge of his own failing, or the most zealous benevolence reconcile him to that judgment by which they are detected; but he who endeavours only the happiness of him whom he reproves will always have either the satisfaction of obtaining or deserving kindness; if he succeeds, he benefits his friend; and if he fails, he has at least the consciousness that he suffers for only doing well.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that we have ceased to persecute them. The capitals and governments of the world are in the hands of caution; and change comes over them only in the night, unseen.”

World Hands Government Night Virtue Officials Rebel Popularity Unseen Caution Scorn Mystic Reformers Timidity

Book:The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny

Source: The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny

“Wisdom begins in wonder.”

Wisdom Spiritual Spirituality Interest Nature Interesting Wonder Wise Words Of Wisdom Concern Philosopher Greek Coaching Caution Ancient Greek Greek Philosopher

Author:Socrates

“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”

Good Things Aviation Misfortunes Caution Great Aviation Misfortunes Of Others

Author:Publilius Syrus

“Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their political supporters deeply disillusioned. You can't inflate away your troubles or allow mountains of debt to build up if, as a country, you have to make your living in a globally competitive environment... Building prosperity requires caution and patience. It requires time. Populism is a short cut that doesn't work.”

“I wouldn't waste a day, not an hour, not a moment. Take what you want and damn caution. Live, enjoy. Feed ravenously. Or the biggest regret you'll have at the end of your life is wasted time.”

Want Ends Moments Life Is Enjoy Hours Regret Waste What You Want Damn Caution Wasted Time

Book:Genuine Lies

Source: Genuine Lies

“Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.”

Life Caution Circumspection

Book:Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from the works of ... Edmund Burke

Source: Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from the works of ... Edmund Burke

“The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity. The wits of these happy days have discovered a way to fame, which the dull caution of our laborious ancestors durst never attempt; they cut the knots of sophistry, which it was formerly the business of years to untie, solve difficulties by sudden irradiations of intelligence, and comprehend long processes of argument by immediate intuition.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq

“We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it's the right thing to do.”

Believe Country Action I Believe Taken Circumstances Things To Do Right Thing Abundance Appropriate Caution

Author:Ann Veneman

“So my message is in whichever realm, be it going into space or going into the deep sea, you have to balance the yin and yang of caution and boldness, risk aversion and risk taking, fear and fearlessness. No great accomplishment takes place, whether it be a movie or a deep ocean expedition, or a space mission, without a kind of dynamic equipoise between the two. Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option.”