Discretion Quote by John Selden Download Open image “Philosophy is nothing but discretion.” — John Selden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discretion Philosophy
When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
The business of philosophy is not to give rules, but to analyze the private judgments of common reason. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Philosophy... is indeed outrageous, inherently so. It seeks to disquiet the foundations of our lives and to offer us in recompense nothing better than… — Stanley Cavell Copy Share Image
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts… — Plato Copy Share Image
We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we… — John Selden Copy Share Image
We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Talk what you will of the Jews,--that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their… — John Selden Copy Share Image
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious… — John Selden Copy Share Image
The policeman on the beat or in the patrol car makes more decisions and exercises broader discretion affecting the daily lives of people every… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
Aishwarya, my parent's daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At the same… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led by some… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
