All 40 Uses of
prudent
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "How do I know?" replied Danglars; "gone, as every prudent man ought to be, to look after his own affairs, most likely.†
Chpt 5-6
- Except the recollection of the line of politics his father had adopted, and which might interfere, unless he acted with the greatest prudence, with his own career, Gerard de Villefort was as happy as a man could be.†
Chpt 7-8
- If you have been culpable, it was imprudence, and this imprudence was in obedience to the orders of your captain.†
Chpt 7-8
- If you have been culpable, it was imprudence, and this imprudence was in obedience to the orders of your captain.†
Chpt 7-8
- "And now, my dear boy," continued Noirtier, "I rely on your prudence to remove all the things which I leave in your care."†
Chpt 11-12
- Villefort, therefore, gained nothing save the king's gratitude (which was rather likely to injure him at the present time) and the cross of the Legion of Honor, which he had the prudence not to wear, although M. de Blacas had duly forwarded the brevet.†
Chpt 13-14
- Owing to this change, the worthy shipowner became at that moment—we will not say all powerful, because Morrel was a prudent and rather a timid man, so much so, that many of the most zealous partisans of Bonaparte accused him of "moderation"—but sufficiently influential to make a demand in favor of Dantes.†
Chpt 13-14
- At intervals he listened to learn if the noise had not begun again, and grew impatient at the prudence of the prisoner, who did not guess he had been disturbed by a captive as anxious for liberty as himself.†
Chpt 15-16
- Spada, a prudent man, and greatly attached to his only nephew, a young captain of the highest promise, took paper and pen, and made his will.†
Chpt 17-18
- Prison had made Edmond prudent, and he was desirous of running no risk whatever.†
Chpt 22-23 *
- Better study a little common prudence.†
Chpt 25-26
- By all means, be as wise as Nestor and as prudent as Ulysses; I do more than permit, I exhort you.†
Chpt 31-32
- Franz was prudent, and wished to learn all he possibly could concerning his host.†
Chpt 31-32
- That night a memorable event occurred, due, no doubt, to the imprudence of some servant who had neglected to extinguish the lights.†
Chpt 33-34
- "On my word," said Franz, "you are wise as Nestor and prudent as Ulysses, and your fair Circe must be very skilful or very powerful if she succeed in changing you into a beast of any kind."†
Chpt 35-36
- "Be prudent, in any event," said the countess.†
Chpt 37-38
- Now you are a man, and are able to give me advice; yet I repeat to you, Albert, be prudent.†
Chpt 41-42
- " "Meaning to say," rejoined Monte Cristo, "that however Thomson & French may be inclined to commit acts of imprudence and folly, the Baron Danglars is not disposed to follow their example."†
Chpt 45-46
- "Sir," he responded, "you are a stranger, and I believe you say yourself that a portion of your life has been spent in Oriental countries, so you are not aware how human justice, so expeditious in barbarous countries, takes with us a prudent and well-studied course."†
Chpt 47-48
- We should presume too much on our own strength, and, like others, perhaps, be led astray by our blind confidence in each other's prudence."†
Chpt 51-52
- The Orientals are stronger than we are in cases of conscience, and, very prudently, have no hell—that is the point.†
Chpt 51-52
- You know, madame, how suddenly I snatched him from those phials which he so imprudently touched?†
Chpt 51-52
- "Perfect, madame, as you have seen," replied the count; "and I frequently make use of it—with all possible prudence though, be it observed," he added with a smile of intelligence.†
Chpt 51-52
- Yes; I am calculating—by the way, Morcerf, that indirectly concerns you—I am calculating what the house of Danglars must have gained by the last rise in Haiti bonds; from 206 they have risen to 409 in three days, and the prudent banker had purchased at 206; therefore he must have made 300,000 livres.†
Chpt 53-54
- Cause her to lose a hundred thousand francs, and that would teach her prudence.†
Chpt 53-54
- He is extremely prudent and thoughtful.†
Chpt 55-56
- But you are a man of foresight and prudence, therefore you sent your luggage on before you.†
Chpt 55-56
- "My father has been a Jacobin more than anything else," said Villefort, carried by his emotion beyond the bounds of prudence; "and the senator's robe, which Napoleon cast on his shoulders, only served to disguise the old man without in any degree changing him.†
Chpt 59-60
- The recent events, the solitary and eccentric position of the count, his enormous, nay, almost incredible fortune, should have made men cautious, and have altogether prevented ladies visiting a house where there was no one of their own sex to receive them; and yet curiosity had been enough to lead them to overleap the bounds of prudence and decorum.†
Chpt 63-64
- He contemplated with unspeakable delight the large diamond which shone on the major's little finger; for the major, like a prudent man, in case of any accident happening to his bank-notes, had immediately converted them into an available asset.†
Chpt 63-64
- The count made a sign to Albert and they bowed to the ladies, and took their leave, Albert perfectly indifferent to Mademoiselle Danglars' contempt, Monte Cristo reiterating his advice to Madame Danglars on the prudence a banker's wife should exercise in providing for the future.†
Chpt 75-76
- "So you recommend"— "I recommend you to be prudent."†
Chpt 77-78
- Sir, my father is a man of great foresight and prudence.†
Chpt 81-82
- "That is not prudent," said Caderousse.†
Chpt 81-82
- But the glass-cutter was a prudent man who had provided for all emergencies.†
Chpt 81-82
- Act prudently.†
Chpt 87-88
- Mercedes saw it and with the double instinct of woman and mother guessed all; but as she was prudent and strong-minded she concealed both her sorrows and her fears.†
Chpt 87-88
- Under the fixed and inquiring gaze levelled at him from under those beautiful black eyebrows, he prudently turned away, and calmed himself immediately, daunted by the power of a resolute mind.†
Chpt 95-96
- With this consoling idea, I leave you, madame, and most prudent wife, without any conscientious reproach for abandoning you; you have friends left, and the ashes I have already mentioned, and above all the liberty I hasten to restore to you.†
Chpt 105-106
- The last alternative seemed the most prudent, so he waited until twelve o'clock.†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful