Discretion Quotes

155 Discretion quotes by 130 unique authors

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty. — Hannah More
Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the… — Charles Baudelaire
Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion. — Tennessee Williams
If you have but a single ruler, you lie at the discretion of a master who has no reason to love you: and if you… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
Discretion is not the better part of biography. — Lytton Strachey
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the… — Marie de France
I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air it or… — Criss Angel
I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I do not relish… — William Shakespeare
Be not too tame neither, but let your own Discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action. — William Shakespeare
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion. — Miguel de Cervantes
I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier. — William Shakespeare
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion. — William Shakespeare
It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion. — Claudius Claudianus
Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear. — Chanakya
We believe we are entitled to the gift of the Holy Ghost in extent according to the discretion and wisdom of God and our faithfulness;… — Brigham Young
It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided… — Christian Nestell Bovee
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
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. — Henry Steele Commager
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. — Denis Diderot
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough… — Thomas Jefferson
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy. — Christine Keeler
Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains… — John Ruskin
So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and… — Marquis de Sade

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