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Caution Quotes
"I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."
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"I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, 'Wait.' Perhaps you can. I can't. And having decided that I cannot urge caution I must stand with him."
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"Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune."
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"Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said."
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"Still, beauty can mask deadly danger."
8
"Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal."
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"Beware: If you egg people on, you'll get egg on your face."
8
"I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and-if you're not careful-those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book."
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"Charles Wallace, the danger here is greatest for you." "Why?""Because of what you are. Just exactly because of what you are you will be by far the most vulnerable. You must stay with Meg and Calvin. You must not go off on your own. Beware of pride and arrogance, Charles, for they may betray you."
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"Not all poison was bitter. Some of the deadliest poisons in the world tasted sweet, they were that much more dangerous because of it."
6
"Never tease an old dog, he might have one bite left."
6
"WARNING: The production of spirit is a very delicate and dangerous procedure. It should be left to the professionals and under absolutely no circumstance be replicated."
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"The day of the week on which the tour took place was known to all workers. All devices in its path ought to have been carefully neutralized or locked, since it was unreasonable to expect human beings to withstand the temptation to handle knobs, keys, handles and pushbuttons."
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"Every spoken word carries great risk. Therefore, it is better to remain silent if one does not know how to talk. Talking about religion carries religious risks, talking about worldly matters, carries worldly risks. The worldly risk will go away, but religious risk is very heavy; it creates grave obstacles in regards to religion."
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"Well, best to remain vigilant. It's when everything is calm that you need to be most alert."
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"Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness."
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"When the lion is wounded do not stroke its mare."
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"Watch out when the bad treats you well!"
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"You couldn't leave words lying around where our enemies might find them."
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"There will be two ships sailing, but you'll be on the Resolution, with Cook himself. Never put yourself in his way. Never speak to him. And if you do speak to him, which you must never do, certainly do to speak to him in the manner in which you have sometimes spoken to me. He will not find it as diverting as I do."
3
"You know what happens when you slide your cheek on the edge of a sharp razor blade? Yes! That's how it feels when you slide your dreams into the palms of toxic and negative people! Save your dreams from defamation and disfigurement!"
3
"If you invite a snake into your home, do not be surprised if it bites you."
3
"The tram can run over you only if you are on the tram way! The darkness can run over you only if you are on the ignorance way!"
3
"Announcing the intended arrival of some people is kind of like issuing a hurricane warning."
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"Are you sure you want to go out with someone with that kind of history? ...He could have a psychotic break. I read that people get those when they're twenty-eight."
3
"It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river."
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"Feeding a lion will not prevent it from feeding on you."
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