quotes about Discretion
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One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”
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Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part.
-- Charles Churchill -
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
-- Christine Keeler -
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I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.
-- Gregory Peck -
There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.
-- Helen CresswellSource : Helen Cresswell (1987). “Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga”, Viking Childrens Books
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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 WalshSource : Jill Paton Walsh (2011). “The Attenbury Emeralds: The New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery”, p.98, Macmillan
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Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.
-- Jim Butcher -
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Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
-- John SeldenSource : John Selden, Richard Milward (1821). “Seldeniana: with a biographical preface”, p.102
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Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.
-- Lois Wyse -
Discretion is not the better part of biography.
-- Lytton StracheySource : In Michael Holroyd 'Lytton Strachey' vol. 1 (1967) preface
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The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
-- Norm MacDonald -
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Neither coquetry nor love is imbued with discretion.
-- Sophie Arnould -
While discretion points out the impropriety of my conduct, inclination urges me on to ruin.
-- Susanna RowsonSource : Susanna Rowson (1991). “Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple”, p.44, Penguin
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Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.
-- Tennessee Williams -
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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