#prude

His claim to Mars is lawyers' hogwash; as a lawyer myself I need not respect it. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#respect

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#end #every #every man #impudent #man

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#although #brought #censure #god #happiness

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#i #knees #prudence #talk #will

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. ↗

— John Dryden

#events #fortune #herself #madness #make

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest. ↗

— Voltaire

#every #goes #imprudent #least #repent

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#convinced #even #japanese #japanese people #necessary

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#even #high-spirited #makes #mistakes #more

I'm not a prude. On the set, they called me 'Butt Naked.' ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#i #me #naked #prude #set

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. ↗

— Robert Hall

#conscience #first #last #matters #prudence