Discretion Quote by Francis Bacon

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good…

— Francis Bacon

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

— Francis Bacon

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

— Francis Bacon

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

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Commonality & Camaraderie. By identifying, developing, and connecting powerful points of reference to others, you will have a rich resource of information from which…

— Susan C. Young

Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of Mahomet; each…

— Edward Gibbon

Forgiveness is the best part of valor...Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron]

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

— Norm MacDonald

“All sexual activity performed is at the discretion of the participants and is confined to only one hour.”

— Karen A.Miles