Marcus Tullius Cicero Rude Quotations

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]

I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.

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