Best Discerning Sayings

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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. — Oliver Goldsmith
The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. — Edsger Dijkstra
I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be very discerning about where you put your… — Ethan Hawke
I think subconsciously people are remarkably discerning. I think that they can sense care. — Jonathan Ive
What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they… — David Foster Wallace
The more observing ones may have seen, but discerning people are usually discreet and often kind, for we usually bleed a little before we begin… — Willa Cather
Much Madness is divinest Sense -- To a discerning Eye -- Much Sense -- the starkest Madness -- 'Tis the Majority In this, as All,… — Emily Dickinson
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer… — Edith Wharton
It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as… — Eugene H. Peterson
Then he knew that they had rounded the cape of good hope, and he took her large, soft hand again and covered it with forlorn… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Much Madness is Divinest Sense, to a Discerning Eye.... — Emily Dickinson
Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not be enemies Just as enemies must not be friends. Discerning the two is a life's… — David Petersen
You have to be more discerning, Lily, when experimenting with bondage." He wiggled his eyebrows. "I'd make a great master. — Christine Feehan
Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do, In spider’s web a truth discerning, Attach one silken strand to you For my returning. — Elwyn Brooks White
I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God. — Oswald Chambers
But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet. — Wislawa Szymborska
Robots will someday, or maybe, wake up. They may be really smart. They may be as creative, smart and capable as human beings, and fully… — David Hanson
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause… — Joel Barlow
We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when… — John Piper
Fertility of mind does not furnish us with so many resources on the same matter, as the lack of intelligence makes us hesitate at each… — Francois La Rochefoucauld
Lets be selfless yet discerning; and accomplish the awesome things we hoped for; having no regrets of the things we let go while growing up… — POB Bismark
Practicing follow-up after communication will leave the impression that you are involved in the process of communication.. When people see this commitment, they will know… — DrAnil Kr Sinha
I think grown-ups don't go to movies because they're much more discerning. — Joseph Bologna
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue — Bible
A discerning spirit is a wise one. — Tamera Mowry

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