Caution Quotes
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We feel led to caution . . . against forming the bad habit of incurring debt and taking upon themselves obligations which frequently burden them heavier than they can bear, and lead to the loss of their homes and other possessions. We know it is the fashion of the age to use credit to the utmost limit. . . . We, therefore, repeat our counsel . . . to shun debt. Be content with moderate gains, and be not misled by illusory hopes of acquiring wealth. . . . Let our children also be taught habits of economy, and not to indulge in tastes which they cannot gratify without running into debt.
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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.
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Sometimes following God means throwing caution to the wind. Sometimes caution is a symptom of faithlessness.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.
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Confident because of our caution.
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In the eighties, when she chiefly flourished, husbands were taken seriously, as the only real obstacles to sin. Beds too, if they had to be mentioned, were approached with caution; and a decent reserve prevented them and husbands ever being spoken of in the same breath.
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A man coined to superlative must expect that his every statement will be taken with some caution.
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This is also the time when surfers will go to the coast, and I will almost guarantee you somebody is going to drown this weekend. Again, use caution.
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When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of lightly changing the laws is an evil, and, when the advantage is small, some errors both of lawgivers and rulers had better be left; the citizen will not gain so much by making the change as he will lose by the habit of disobedience.
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One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.
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Caution is the lower story of prudence.
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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.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.
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One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.
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Use caution. This is still a very dangerous situation.
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Peace needs and takes time, it needs and takes caution, it needs and takes patience after 30 years of terrorism and violence.
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But I should caution that if you seek to plot out all your moves before you make them—if you put your faith in slow, deliberative planning in the hopes it will spare you failure down the line—well, you’re deluding yourself. For one thing, it’s easier to plan derivative work—things that copy or repeat something already out there. So if your primary goal is to have a fully worked out, set-in-stone plan, you are only upping your chances of being unoriginal.
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Caution is the instinct of the weaker animal.
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I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
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It is fit that justice should be administered with great caution.
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Rome wasn't built on caution and compromise.
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You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.
