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Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes about Prudence

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

"De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 43, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 645-47, 44 B.C..

I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.

"De Oratore", III. 35, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 645-47,