Cautionary Tale Quotes

The cautious seldom err.

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid.

Uh-uh, dude. I tried it your way with the dating and the girls and the kissing and the drama, and man, I didn't like it. Plus, my best friend is a walking cautionary tale of what happens to you when romantic relationships don't involve marriage. Like you always say, kafir, everything ends in breakup, divorce, or death. I want to narrow my misery options to divorce or death - that's all.

Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd law; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.

If a cat sits on a hot stove once, it will never sit on a cold one either.

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

Never, dear gods. Never mess with mortals.

The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

I've never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of: Don't sit on a wall, if you're an egg.

The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution.

It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication.

I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you.

Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.

History is a vast early warning system.

Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice ... strike three.

My father always told me: 'Give somebody a hand and he'll take an arm.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

Burnt child fire dredth.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Humans are possessed, to some degree, with the power of foresight. Yet we so often learn things the hard way, through disaster.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

Don’t taunt the alligator until after you have crossed the creek.

No one ever swung too slowly.

Fire is always ready to burn the hand it warms.