| Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. -- Johann Kaspar Lavater |
| Author:
Lavater, Johann KasparEra:
1741 |
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| The first years of man make provision for the last. -- Samuel Johnson |
| Author:
Johnson, SamuelEra:
1709 |
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| O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu. -- Jean La Fontaine |
| Author:
La Fontaine, JeanEra:
1621 |
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| In nature all is managed for the best with perfect frugality and just reserve, profuse to none, but bountiful to all; never employing on one thing more than enough, but with exact economy retrenching the superfluous, and adding force to what is principal in everything. -- Shaftesbury III |
| Author:
Shaftesbury IIIEra:
1671 |
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| Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life. -- Akhenaton |
| Author:
AkhenatonEra:
-1375 |
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