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And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
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Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
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Bible
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
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Cicero
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.
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Decimus Magnus Ausonius
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
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Elizabeth I
. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl remember that who seaketh two strings to one bowe, he may shute strong but never strait.
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Euripides
For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
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George Chapman
Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid (Archer of archers both in men and women), Be worse provided than a common archer?
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Henry de Bracton (Bratton or Bretton)
And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him. [Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere, et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]
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Henry Fielding
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.
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Henry Fielding
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered. [Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt, Dem bleiben die Fusse unbedeckt.]
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