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• Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Parent, Liberty, Distrust

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.24, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution.

  William Bligh

  Tents, Plant, Shore

  William Bligh (1838). “A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty”, p.22

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• Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

  Gary Blair

  Opportunity, Risk, Stakes

  "Finding Your J Spot: Joy in Midlife and Beyond". Book by Peter Brill and David Debin, 2006.

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• We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.

  Jim C. Walton

  Party, Exercise, Organization

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• It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Money, Skills, Rothschild

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

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Wise, Running, Anxiety

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.253

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• Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

  William James

  Heart, Errors, World

  William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.19, Courier Corporation

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• 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.

  Isaac Asimov

  Book, Writing, Ignorance

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• Confide not in the firmness of your principles, or the steadfastness of your integrity. Be always vigilant and fearful. Never think you have enough of knowledge, and let not your caution slumber for a moment, for you know not when danger is near.

  Charles Brockden Brown

  Integrity, Thinking, Principles

  Charles Brockden Brown (1998). “Wieland; Or the Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist”, p.260, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Confident because of our caution

  Epictetus

  Confidence

  Epictetus (2012). “Discourses (Books 1 and 2)”, p.63, Courier Corporation

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• Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Inspirational, Education, Teenager

  "Cat's Cradle". Book by Kurt Vonnegut. Chapter 124: Frank's Ant Farm, 1963.

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• Look twice before you leap.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Life, Women, Responsibility

  Charlotte Bronte (2010). “Shirley and The Professor”, p.158, Everyman's Library

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• Forewarn'd, forearm'd.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.41, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

  Edmund Burke

  Fire, Play, House

  'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 10

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• Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Land, Heaven

  Henry Ward Beecher, Augusta Moore (1859). “Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, with a Sketch of Mr. Beecher and the Lecture Room”, p.57

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

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Funny, Sarcastic, Yield

  Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.157

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• Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Happiness, Marriage

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 12

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• The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

  Carl Levin

  Constitution, Should, Documents

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• Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.

  John Chafee

  Motto, Should, Exuberance

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• "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way."

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Fear, Hate, Hard Work

  "Cat's Cradle". Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 124), 1963.

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• 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.

  Saadi

  Bird, Example, Warning

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.168, Innovations and Information

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

  Thomas Hobbes

  Men, Equal, Prudence

  Thomas Hobbes (2008). “Leviathan”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Selfishness, Agents, Confidential

  Woodrow Wilson, Mario R. DiNunzio (2006). “Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president”, p.101, NYU Press

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• Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

  Victor Hugo

  Wisdom, Children, Eldest Child

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Beware the hobby that eats.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Food, Liberty, Hobbies

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