Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Do you come to a philosopher as to a cunning man, to learn something by magic or witchcraft, beyond what can be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear: Congress has sole discretion over defining who is and who isn't a citizen and how you become… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I wish to give officials greater discretion. The State's authority will be increased thereby. I wish to transform the non-political criminal police… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“The variety of political positions shared on Facebook in the 2016 Presidential Election was both entertaining and, sadly, destructive. I observed friends… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Churchill knew instinctively what was wrong with communism - that it repressed liberty; that it replaced individual discretion with state control; that… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear,… — Marie de France Copy Share Image
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We need to know all the facts and be able to discern the situation before we pass judgment on someone. Sometimes life… — Anonymous 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
“The truth may be true, but a discreet person understands that speaking the truth isn’t always helpful. It can also be hurtful… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
But cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Honesty has become the second best policy with your spouse…discretions apply elsewhere — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
“We need Wisdom to seek for the Kindom and we need the Kingdom to have the Freedom to posess all other things!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I consider it…as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Government…and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution… — James Madison Copy Share Image
