Одним из первых о благоразумии (prudentia) говорит Цицерон, различая в ней память (memoria), понятливость (intelligentia) и предусмотрительность (providentia).

Благоразу́мие — качество личности, группы, позволяющее выбирать правильные средства, и действовать сообразно c целью достижения собственного блага, счастья. У Платона принадлежит к одной из кардинальных добродетелей, относится к одной из семи добродетелей.

Тициан: Исходя из прошлого человек действует благоразумно в настоящем, дабы не повредить будущему.

Благоразумие в отличие от мудрости (научного знания и познания сущности вещей с помощью разума) имеет практическую направленность на человеческое благо и принятие решений для его претворения в жизнь.

В Сумме теологии, Фомы Аквинского благоразумие (prudentia) синонимично рассудительности (антонимом благоразумия является imprudentia, безрассудство).

Сущностным атрибутом этой добродетели ( благоразумия ) является способность производить разумный выбор.

Элементом благоразумия является бдительность (circumspectio) и предосторожность (cautio).

Ложной формой этой добродетели является хитрость (astutia).

Поскольку благоразумие направлено на достижение блага, то эта добродетель необходимо должна быть свойственна правителям, которые опираются на закон (ср. prudentia и юриспруденция).

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.

No amount of money can bring back those moments you treasure.

There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self we gain immeasurably.

In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.

By the end of the millennium, despite the continuing excitement of the field, almost thirty years of a detour from chemistry to medical imaging began to pall, and I changed my focus to a field of chemical research, just in time for my past to catch up with me in the form of a Nobel Prize. All detours should be so productive!

Those who have come here to hate should leave now; for in their hate, they only betray themselves.

I don't see the point in making a distinction between natives having more of a right to kill whales than nonnative people.

CNN, a part of the Time Warner company, lives for news about everything and anyone. In the office, the bosses openly discuss the need for a diverse staff and diverse stories, and each time we draw new viewers, the effort intensifies.

A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.

Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.

'Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.'

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

I do recall at one point being part of WWE and other guys taking the risk of stepping away, and a lot of guys don't do it because of the fear that it's not going to be the same.

When what you do is play characters every day, all day, I wasn't really interested in playing a pop star on the weekends.

I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

I think I am the oldest member and have been in good standing longer than any other member of this church.

In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That's how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, 'You gotta build it.' I say, 'I have to believe in it.'

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

We have always had many more franchisee candidates than available locations.

Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.

You can tell everything from the eyes.

The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.