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Prudence quotes

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“If everything in the universe were sensible, nothing would happen.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov” - 1880

“It is easier to stay out than get out.” Mark Twain, “Following the Equator” - 1897

“What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“The only happy marriages I know are marriages of prudence.” Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina” - 1877

“For Prudence, is but Experience; which equall time, equally bestowes on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.” Jane Austen, “Persuasion” - 1816

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