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Fifth, a splendid coat-of-arms as accurate and rich as if emblazoned in permanent colors, with a cardinal's hat and a shield with the words 'prudens' and 'fidelis' upon it.”
Letters and Journals 01 Morse, Samuel F B 1914
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October 8, 2009 at 11: 06 pm имхо здесь будет в тему латинская пословица – Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit eav says:
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The praise of prudence is more evenly distributed between political and miltiary contexts, and prudens, unlike cautus, is sometimes employed as a vague compliment without any clearly defined content.
Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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The near-extinction of the majestic Americanus prudens has profound implications for our economy and our culture -- implications being played out right now in the financial crisis.
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The modest, hard-working Americanus prudens may even come to be seen as cool again -- at least until its kind finish bailing the rest of us out.
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The puzzling thing is that, under normal circumstances, our Americanus prudens should be flourishing.
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Platerus would have deceived him, by putting live frog's into his excrements; but he, being a physician himself, would not be deceived, vir prudens alias, et doctus a wise and learned man otherwise, a doctor of physic, and after seven years 'dotage in this kind, a phantasia liberatus est, he was cured.
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Moneo Domine, ut sis prudens ad victum, sine quo caetera remedia frustra adhibentur.
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Christ to their wedding, and which [6239] St. Ambrose adviseth, Deum conjugii praesidem habere, and to pray to him for her, A Domino enim datur uxor prudens, Prov. xix.
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We are worldly-wise, admire ourselves, and seek for applause: but hear Saint [460] Bernard, quanto magis foras es sapiens, tanto magis intus stultus efficeris, &c. in omnibus es prudens, circa teipsum insipiens: the more wise thou art to others, the more fool to thyself.
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