Both Uses of
prudent
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Now yours: you are a farmer just beginning; and you ought in common prudence, if you marry at all (which you should certainly not think of doing at present), to marry a woman with money, who would stock a larger farm for you than you have now.†
Chpt 4-6
- With Bathsheba a hastened act was a rash act; but, as does not always happen, time gained was prudence insured.
Chpt 19-21 *prudence = thoughtfulness and caution
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful