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    . . . 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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Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

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I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
[Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]

I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
[Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]

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Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men read more

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?

by George Chapman Found in: Prudence Quotes,
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According to her cloth she cut her coat.

According to her cloth she cut her coat.

by John Dryden Found in: Prudence Quotes,
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Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.

Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.

by Bible Found in: Prudence Quotes,
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Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.

Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Prudence Quotes,
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For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

by Euripides Found in: Prudence Quotes,
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He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.

He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.

by Old English Rhyme Found in: Prudence Quotes,
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Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.

Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.

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