139 Caution Quotes

Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.

Should a person on returning from the city discover his house to be in flames, let him examine well the change which he has received from the chair-carrier before it is too late; for evil never travels alone.

Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver, but less daring. Thus with seamen: he who goes the oftenest round Cape Horn goes the most circumspectly.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.

The student who would build his knowledge on solid foundations, and proceed by just degrees to the pinnacles of truth, is directed by the great philosopher of France to begin by doubting of his own existence. In like manner, whoever would complete any arduous and intricate enterprise, should, as soon as his imagination can cool after the first blaze of hope, place before his own eyes every possible embarrassment that may retard or defeat him. He should first question the probability of success, and then endeavour to remove the objections that he has raised.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Unless we proceed cautiously, there might well arise a few generations of mystics who conceive of the orgone metaphysically, divorced from non-living nature and who do not comprehend it from the standpoint of natural science. And it seems to me that we have more than enough mysticism as it is.

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

So if you're black or brown, you can make money in America, you can get rich in America : but whatever you decide to do, it better be positive, 'cause if one person is harmed, you will be destroyed. You see Oprah, she just be giving away money. She's doing that to keep the Feds off her back.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident a security.

'Playing it safe is the most popular way to fail.'

When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed. For there is often a monstrous incongruity between the hopes, however noble and tender, and the action which follows them. It is as if ivied maidens and garlanded youths were to herald the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say 'I know what I am doing' at critical moments.

Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous.

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.

'Avoid running at all times'.

Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.

2) Never fire a laser at a mirror.

Thus hand in hand through life we'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread.

If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for ? to bite when he feels like it!

Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. ... Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that precious jewel.

I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.

Let us learn our lessons. ... Never believe any war will be smooth and easy or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events: incompetent or arrogant commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant fortune, ugly surprise, awful miscalculations. ... Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

A little knowledge is dangerous. So is a lot.

The chief danger in life is taking too many precautions.

Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.

Don't wait to be hunted to hide, that's always been my motto.

Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. ~ Ch.1

Drink, my jolly lads, drink with discerning, Wedlock's a lane where there is no turning; Never was owl more blind than a lover, Drink and be merry, lads, half seas over.

Drink, my jolly lads, drink with discerning, Wedlock's a lane where there is no turning; Never was owl more blind than a lover, Drink and be merry, lads, half seas over.

You will not have forgotten that it was a maxim with Foxey - our revered father, gentlemen - 'Always suspect everybody.' That's the maxim to go through life with!

Equo ne credite, Teucri. quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.

'That's what Jagulars always do', said Pooh, much interested. 'They call 'Help! Help!' and then when you look up, they drop on you.'

Caution: Read no further if you are easily offended. [Thanks for confirming what I suspected about you.]

Multis terribilis timeto multos.

My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom.

Blind as I was, I tried to get out As the carriage fell in the ditch, And was caught in the wheels and killed.

Never be first; try to be second.

The anger of an ape-the threat of a flatterer:-these deserve equal regard.

Don't even step out of your garden gate until this matter has been clarified.

Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.

'Why kill the goose that laid the golden egg?'

He is at pains to avoid making enemies. He is slow, but very methodical. He displays marked tactical ability, though he is inclined to spend overmuch time on his appreciation.

We have a serious ongoing investigation here. I think it's best that people wait until the investigation is complete before you jump to conclusions. I don't know all the facts. I want to know all the facts.

Always do that, wild ducks do. They shoot to the bottom as deep as they can get, sir - and bite themselves fast in the tangle and seaweed - and all the devil's own mess that grows down there. And they never come up again.

Respect even small amounts of radiation.

Prentice: What this young woman claims is a tissue of lies. Match: This is a boy, sir. Not a girl. If you're baffled by the difference it might be as well to approach both with caution.

There is no jesting with edge tools.

I won't open boxes That I am told not to. I'm not a Pandora. I'm much more like That girl in the mirror. Between you and me She don't stand a chance of getting anywhere at all.

A votary of truth must exercise the greatest caution.

Your prudence, my wise friend, allows too little room for the mysterious whisperings of life.

I had determined to go as far as declaring in abstruse and puzzling utterances the future causes of the 'common advent', even those truly cogent ones that I have foreseen. Yet lest whatever human changes may be to come should scandalise delicate ears, the whole thing is written in nebulous form, rather than as a clear prophecy of any kind.

Was he simply too tired to care what he said?

So take your lessons hard and stay with him. And when your car crash comes, don't be misled. ~ 'For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)'

Car on ne doit point tenir pour conseil ce qui se fait apres disner.

This I have seen in life-those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step; those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace; and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.

Brave men make good soldiers, but cowards make better strategists.

You follow your feelings, you follow your dreams. You follow the leader into the trees. And what's in there waiting, neither one of us knows, you gotta keep one eye open the further you go.

Now, on this ride there's gonna be some real mutha-fuckas and there's gonna be some pussys. Now the real niggas gonna be the ones with money and bitches; the pussys are gonna be the niggas on the floor bleedin'. Now everybody keep your eyes on the prize cause the ride get tricky. See you got some niggas on your side that say they're your friends, but in real life they your enemies. And then you got some mutha-fuckas that say they your enemies, but in real life they eyes is on your money. See the enemies will say they true, but in real life those niggas will be the snitches! Its a dirty game y'all. Y'all got ta be careful about who you fuck with and who you don't fuck with 'cause the shit get wild y'all. Keep your mind on your riches, baby keep your mind on your riches.

I don't think I will ever mellow out. I think if you mellow out, you get eaten up. You become like a commodity. So I don't think I will mellow out. It is not in my blood.

I can follow ye nae farther, even if ye suld founder and perish from the way for lack of guidance and counsel. To gang into Rob Roy's country is a mere tempting o' Providence.

Finger tips on the hips as I dip, gotta get a tight grip, don't slip/Loose lips sink ships, it's a trip/I love the way she licks her lips, see me jocking/Put a little twist in her hips cause I'm watching

This war with Russia is an absurd idea that will have a disastrous outcome for sure. But if for political reasons the conflict is unavoidable, then we must be convinced that we will not gain victory in one simple summary campaign. Thoughts on the distances to cover. We cannot absolutely defeat the enemy and occupy entire western Russia, from the Baltic Sea to the Black, in mere months. We would have to prepare ourselves for one long war and to proceed with shrewdness. First of all, a strong army group towards the North would have to conquer Leningrad and its surrounding territories. This would allow us to join the Finnish, in order to eliminate the red fleet from the Baltic Sea and to increase our infuence on Scandinavia. For the moment the armys of the center-south would have to only be left over until a line that connects Odessa-Kiev-Orsa-Lago Ilmen. Then, if sufficient time remains, the Armed North group could be left over for south-east from Leningrad towards Moscow, while the army group Center moves to the east. All the upcoming operations would have to be held back until 1942, when we would have to elaborate new plans based on the situation which will arise from that moment.

take one last look behind commit this to memory and mind don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place when you leave keep your heart off your sleeve

That was how human beings satisfied their sense of responsibility - checking again even when they knew it was unnecessary

It was a mark of their naivete, to think that such a revolution could be accomplished so easily

Keep your head up, legs closed, eyes open/either a nigga wear a rubber or he die smokin'/I'm hearin' rumors so you need to switch/and niggas wouldn't call you bitch

feed when they see me, believe me/Even Thugs gotta learn to take it easy, listen

Look ere ye leap.

Never pet a burning dog.

Cum grano salis.

Latet anguis in herba.

Let sleeping dogs lie - who wants to rouse 'em?

Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.

Careful Granny you might pop something