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Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation ~ rather prevents loss than procures advantage~ and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.

Source: In The Book of Success, ed. Richard Shea, 1993.
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.

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