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Meanings of little prudence in English

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Usage of little prudence in English
1
At your age, and in your condition, I recommend a little prudence.
Five Tales
2
There's no beating a little prudence into your heads, try how one may.
Man and Wife
3
With a vigilant eye and a little prudence, I shall be able to continue.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
4
Why not a little caution, a little prudence, to smooth the way through life?
Sunrise
5
Dauvray was famous in Aix for her jewels, which she wore with too little prudence.
At the Villa Rose
6
Why, I only demand a little prudence and patience both from you and from her.
A Perilous Secret
7
Why can't young people have a little prudence?
Rose in Bloom / A Sequel to "Eight Cousins"
8
An earthly virtue is it which I love: little prudence is therein, and the least everyday wisdom.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
9
Notwithstanding this copy-book preamble, my boy, I am inclined to suggest a little prudence on your part.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843
10
I must exercise a little prudence to avoid the wrath of the ignorant-theyare multitudinous and very powerful.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
11
Castle wanted to reply, 'But I am an honorary black,' but this time he showed a little prudence.
The Human Factor
12
But this is not autobiographical,-savethat to have written it shows how little prudence my life has taught me.
Confessions and Criticisms
13
For my part, Madam, I trust I have too much pride for servility, and too little prudence for selfishness.
The Letters of Robert Burns
14
With Europe we have few occasions of collision, and these, with a little prudence and forbearance, may be generally accommodated.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
15
And yet you were already old and in your twenty years of waiting ought to have learned a little prudence!
The Youth of the Great Elector
16
He had no hesitation in doing this, as the errand was one that required nothing more than honesty and a little prudence.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
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