Quotes about Circumspection
If a well-constituted individual refrains from blazoning aught amiss or calamitous in his family, a nation in the like circumstance may without reproach be equally discreet.
- Herman Melville
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.
- Lisa Wingate
He that would be safe from the acts of evil, must widely avoid the occasions.
- JC Ryle
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
- Aesop
cautiously, you avoid trouble. See all that you can — then, if you forget the perilous and
- Confucius
Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.
- Holly Hunter
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
- John Milton