Mason Cooley Quotes About Prudence
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Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.
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Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.
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In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.
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Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.
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The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.
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The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.
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An imprudent enemy is less dangerous than an imprudent friend.
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Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.
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Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.
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