Prudence

(noun.) discretion in practical affairs.

编辑:玛杰里

• Few people of common prudence will do THAT; and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Prudence was never a cardinal virtue of the Kentucky boy. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Prudence recommended henceforward a swift clearance of my person from the place, the moment that guilty old book was brought out. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Caution, thought, restraint, prudence, are all swept away by the torrent. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I believe I have been wrong in saying so much, but I hardly know what to do, and on your prudence I have the strongest dependence. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Miss Ophelia in her own heart said, I hope she isn't, but had prudence enough to keep it down. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Madam, it is a question of common sense and common prudence, not of sympathy and sentiment, and so on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The prudence of this line of action, indeed, was obvious; but, unfortunately, there was one very strong objection to its being adopted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• His best, if not his only reason, for adhering to the party of Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Athelstane had the prudence to keep to himself. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• For six pounds a year you may have the use of one hundred pounds, provided you are a man of known prudence and honesty. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I answered, that his excellency's prudence, quality, and fortune, had exempted him from those defects, which folly and beggary had produced in others. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• These were questions of prudence; there was no immediate necessity for an earnest caution. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This sociability seemed a necessary part of professional prudence, and the entertainment must be suitable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Not with care and prudence and good help, said my guardian. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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