Caution Quotes

"Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle." "Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up." "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." "Beware the man of a single book." "Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it" "Delay is preferable to error" "You better check yourself before you wreck yourself" "I don't want to let my guard down and feel too comfortable." "Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason." "Don't cross a river if it is on average four feet deep" "The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution" "The treacherous are ever distrustful" "Ponder and deliberate before you make a move." "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all in which case, you fail by default" "There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering." "Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform." "The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon" "Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance" "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" "A little learning is a dangerous thing"