Oscar Wilde Quotes

People think I'm crazy and reckless but I'm absolutely not... I'm soooo safe and soooo careful and I won't do anything that feels like I could break something.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

I rarely ever do anything crazy, I really like to be careful to stay in a safe spot, I don't want to do anything, like, insane. I have a lot of people around me to make sure I don't do anything crazy.

I'm not really much of a risk taker.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

When in doubt, don't.

I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom.”

Fear is good and useful when it's deployed on the side of common sense.

I'm not the kind of person to put all my eggs in one basket.

Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.

It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.

It's always better to be wise than to be smart.

Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.

At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve.