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Samuel Johnson

"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."

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"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."

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"A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue."

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"To be unfaithful to my maxim of prudence may often be very advantageous to me, although to abide by it is certainly safer."

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"No, sir. I make it a rule of mine: The more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask."

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