• Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.

  John Milton
  English poet, polemicist and man of letters 1608-1674
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. circumstances
2. discern
3. various
4. under
5. place

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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. by : John Milton

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