The prudence, steadiness, and vigilance of that man, joined to the greatest possible lenity in his character and his politics, preserved the crown to this royal family ; and with it, their laws and liberties to this country.

Although prudence would be applied to any such judgment, the more difficult tasks, which distinguish a person as prudent, are those in which various goods have to be weighed against each other, as when a person is determining what would be best to give charitable donations, or how to punish a child so as to prevent repeating an offense.

The actual act's " goodness " is measured against that original decision made through prudence.

He wrote three pamphlets against the engagement to be faithful to the Commonwealth, and proved that neither in conscience, law, nor prudence was he bound to pay the taxes which it imposed.

The usual argument against deficit spending, dating to Adam Smith, is that households should not run deficits – one should have money before one spends it, from prudence – and that what is correct for a household is correct for a nation and its government.

The long premeditated, and now avowed design of the British Government, to raise a revenue from the property of the colonists without their consent, on the gift, grant and disposition of the Commons of Great Britain ; the arbitrary and vindictive statutes passed under color of punishing a riot, to subdue by Military force, and by famine, the Massachusetts Bay ; the unlimited power assumed by parliament to alter the charter of that province, and the constitution of all the colonies, thereby destroying the essential securities of the lives, liberties and properties of the colonists ; the commencement of hostilities by the ministerial forces, and the cruel prosecution of the War against the people of the Massachusetts Bay, followed by General Gage's proclamation, declaring almost the whole of the Inhabitants of the united colonies, by name or description, rebels and traitors are sufficient causes to arm a free people in defence of their liberty, and to justify resistance, no longer dictated by prudence merely, but by necessity, and leave no alternative but base submission or manly opposition to uncontroulable tyranny.

Writing in the following year ( August 26, 1739 ) he says: " I am overworked and weary ; I am going to take the waters in England so as to be in a fit condition for the war against the Spaniards if they reject counsels of prudence.

" In terms of his analysis, the ' radical left ' was composed of fanatical believers in the godless ideology ; the ' liberal centre ,' by comparison, by warm believers who warned against excesses and preached moderation ; while the ' conservative right ' embraced all those who lacked either the insight, the prudence, or the will to break with the modern tenets yet who recoiled from the consequences whenever the ideology was practised and implemented in any consistent way.

Moreover, prudence alone would indicate that, unless the local customs are already ready to fall when pushed, the results of direct economic action everywhere upon national chain stores will likely be simply to give undue advantage to local and state stores which conform to these customs, leading to greater decentralization and local autonomy within the company, or even ( as the final self-defeat of an unjust application of economic pressure to correct injustice ) to its going out of business in certain sections of the country ( as, for that matter, the Quakers, who once had many meetings in the pre-Civil War South, largely went out of business in that part of the country over the slavery issue, never to recover a large number of southern adherents ).

The English term is based on the Latin word jurisprudentia: juris is the genitive form of jus meaning " law ", and prudentia means " prudence " ( also: discretion, foresight, forethought, circumspection ; refers to the exercise of good judgment, common sense, and even caution, especially in the conduct of practical matters ).

To the credit of the times of George Wishart — a glimpse of pre-reforming enlightenment — the explanation sufficed ; the young women escaped with their lives, and were even applauded for their prudence.

One study even suggested that prudence may be linked with altruism in adulthood.

He showed statesmanlike qualities in steering a clear course between the exaggerated prudence of Baron Ricasoli, who wished to recall the troops from the frontier, and the impetuosity of Garibaldi, his second-in-command, who was anxious to invade Romagna prematurely, even at the risk of Austrian intervention.

According to the account, the Sabine habits of belligerence ( aggressive or warlike behavior ) and frugality ( prudence in avoiding waste ) were known to have derived from the Spartans.

An angry person may lose his / her objectivity, empathy, prudence or thoughtfulness and may cause harm to others.

But in her search for political allies amongst the fractious Scottish nobility she took a fatal step, allowing good sense and prudence to be overruled by emotion and magnetism.

However ( as Dingle had foreseen ), Connie's attraction to Joe overcomes her prudence.

A person who denies the truth of this claim is committed, as in the case of a similar mistake about prudence, to a false view of him or her self.

Pamela was entrusted with all her husband's secrets and took an active part in furthering his designs ; and she appears to have fully deserved the confidence placed in her, though there is reason to suppose that at times she counselled prudence.

But Ann Veronica is undeterred by his confession and his prudence, and finally Capes's resistance buckles: " She stood up and held her arms toward him.

The French ambassador wrote to Sir Francis Walsingham, saying Elizabeth's appointment of Howard was " a choice worthy of her virtue and prudence and very necessary for the Admiralty.

Arnold either loved her or with masculine foresight and prudence pretended to ; for he aspired to the land and dignity of the County of Boulogne once he could gain the Countess ' favor through love feigned or true.

In 1601, the earl was sent as envoy to London ; here Elizabeth I assured him that James should be her successor, and his mission was conducted with tact and prudence.

de Conte states that many in the courtroom gapped in awe at the wisdom and prudence of her answers.

His wife, as her name suggests, counsels prudence and chides him for his rash opinions.

She was an extremely beautiful woman ; in her character she was virtuous, charming who share of principle and prudence was greatly shown in her that her female ancestors.

The Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus wrote to her: " For a long time I have cherished all the many excellent gifts that God bestowed upon you ; prudence worthy of a philosopher ; chastity ; moderation ; piety ; an invincible strength of soul, and a marvelous contempt for all the vanities of this world.

He judged it “ incredible that any Government of ordinary prudence should at a moment of civil war gratuitously increase the number of its enemies, and, moreover, incur the hostility of so formidable a power as England .” In the debate in Parliament on June 21 there was general opposition to reinforcements, based on political, military, and economic arguments.

His success, freedom of speech and reforming zeal had made him enemies on all sides, and only the intervention of the king prevented his expulsion from the Society of Jesus, so that prudence counselled his return to Brazil.

He cites the four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.

It is one of the four cardinal virtues, along with prudence, justice, and temperance.

" The fundamental virtue is goodness ; and from it proceed four cardinal virtues — prudence, courage, self-control, and justice ( φρόνησις, ἀνδρία, σωφροσύνη, δικαιοσύνη ) — as the four rivers proceeding from the river of Eden.

Aquinas adopted the four cardinal virtues of Aristotle, justice, courage, temperance and prudence, and added to them the Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity ( from St. Paul, ).

The vices are the same as the deadly sins ( lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride ), while the virtues correspond to the four cardinal virtues ( prudence, justice, temperance, courage ) and three theological virtues ( faith, hope, charity ).

St. Ambrose ( 330s-397 AD ) was the first to use the expression “ cardinal virtues .” “ And we know that there are four cardinal virtues temperance, justice, prudence, fortitude .” ( Commentary on Luke, V, 62 )

Because of this reference, the seven attributes are sometimes grouped as four cardinal virtues ( prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice ) and three heavenly graces ( faith, hope, charity ).

In this context, prudence is different from cunning in that it takes into account the supernatural good.

prudence cannot be science or art ; not science because what can be done is a variable ( it may be done in different ways, or not done at all ), and not art because action and production are generically different.

The fall of Safed was a blow to Arab morale throughout the region ..... With the invasion of Palestine by regular Arab armies believed to be imminent-once the British had finally left in elven or twelve days ' time-many Arabs felt that prudence dictated their departure until the Jews had been defeated and they could return to their homes.

However, recent developments in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles have led academic critics to accuse the international standard-setting body IASB of abandoning prudence.

The state took substantial budgetary control, which eventually led to improved fiscal prudence.

Chancellor Brück, who for years had guided the foreign relations of the country with ability and prudence, remained also his councilor, but his open and impulsive nature often led him to disregard the propositions of his more experienced adviser, so that the country was in frequent danger, especially as John Frederick was not a far-sighted politician.

Following the over-borrowing in both the public and private sector that led to the Swedish banking crisis of the early 1990s and under influence from a series of reports on the future demographic challenges, a wide political consensus developed on fiscal prudence.