He pointed out, however, that those who are prudent can also make mistakes, although “they will avoid taking big ‘lumps’.”
For Pope Francis, this is also “the quality of those who are called to govern: they know that administration is difficult, that there are many points of view and that it is necessary to try to harmonize them, that one should not do the good of some, but rather the of everyone.”
“Prudence also teaches that, as they say, ‘the perfect is the enemy of the good,’” he added.