The fool rushed to certain conclusions. The middling man approached them warily, and with circumspection. And the wise man, perceiving them from afar, decided to go round another way.
By playing at Chess then, we may learn. . . First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight. . . Second: Circumspection. . . Third: Caution. . . And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources
In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and liberty; in proportion to the solemnity of acts, proclaiming the will authenticated by the seal of the people, the only earthly source of authority, ought to be the vigilance with which they are guarded by every citizen in private life, and the circumspection with which they are executed by every citizen in public trust.
Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.
I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none. When asked what I made of blogs like my own, blogs written by parents about their children, I said, 'A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering. '
Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.
There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
