Discretion Quotes

155 Discretion quotes by 130 unique authors

It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the… — James Madison
Scenes are now to take place as will open the eyes of credulity and of insanity itself, to the dangers of a paper medium abandoned… — Thomas Jefferson
I consider it…as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Government…and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known to… — James Madison
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the… — William Shakespeare
To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible, and all discretion… — Roger Bannister
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
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. — Evelyn Waugh
Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me… — Toussaint Louverture
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still… — Pope Benedict XVI
Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life. — Tryon Edwards
Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of Mahomet; each revelation… — Edward Gibbon
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. — Barbara Tuchman
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. — Solomon
Add to this occasional journeys, ministers’ meetings, etc., and you will rather wonder that I have any time, than that I have so little. I… — William Carey
Philosophy is nothing but discretion. — John Selden
A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm of knowledge, while… — Ron Chernow
Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of… — Isaac Barrow
With the enormous and steady increase in the volume of our literature, we must rely more and more upon sympathetic selection, judicious editing, and the… — Unknown Author
Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows… — William Godwin
Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is… — Owen Feltham
We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone. — Emile M. Cioran
And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion. — Ani DiFranco
Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end — Leon Gambetta
If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course. — Julian Fellowes

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