Discretion quotes

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Responsibility #Discretion

Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part.
-- Charles Churchill

#Hero #Heart #Discretion

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
-- Christine Keeler

#Hypocrisy #Polite #Discretion

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.
-- Eloisa James

#Synonym #Discretion

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.
-- Gregory Peck

#Tales #Tact #Discretion

There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.
-- Helen Cresswell

#Knowing #Frustrating #Discretion

If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable to display yourself.
-- Jill Paton Walsh

#Secret #Asking #Discretion

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.
-- Jim Butcher

#Harry Dresden #Dresden #Discretion

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
-- John Selden

#Philosophy #Discretion

Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.
-- Lois Wyse

#Persons #Discretion

Discretion is not the better part of biography.
-- Lytton Strachey

#Biographies #Discretion

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

#Wisdom #Discretion

A closed mouth gathers no feet.
-- Sam Horn

#Feet #Mouths #Discretion

Neither coquetry nor love is imbued with discretion.
-- Sophie Arnould

#Love Is #Coquetry #Discretion

While discretion points out the impropriety of my conduct, inclination urges me on to ruin.
-- Susanna Rowson

#Ruins #Discretion #Ambivalence

Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.
-- Tennessee Williams

#Banner #Discretion

I like my clients. All of my clients say, "Peter. You're talented. But, your best virtue is your discretion." They really don't want to be talked about.
-- Peter Marino

#Virtue #Discretion