It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Scenes are now to take place as will open the eyes of credulity and of insanity itself, to the dangers of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Discretion prevented me from saying that I thought she was a fiend from the underworld and that mountain lions couldn't force me… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese.… — Paul Neilan Copy Share Image
“Impulsivity is something akin to spontaneously jumping out of an airplane and not realizing that you forgot something until about five seconds… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Living in the present moment requires discretion toward memory. Without memory we'd have amnesia. What good would there be in that? Offer… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Wisdom teaches you when to use your discretion- with whom, what, and when to share your feelings and discernments...” — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
The government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion,… — Marvin L. Cohen Copy Share Image
Garlic, like perfume, must be used with discretion and on the proper occasions. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
Let take a cat, and foster her with milk And tender flesh, and make her couch of silk, And let her see… — Oswald Barron Copy Share Image
Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
