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Discretion Quotes

Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to Picture Quote #1

There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them! Picture Quote #1

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 household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary Picture Quote #1

There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion Picture Quote #1

Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it Picture Quote #1

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you Picture Quote #1

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There was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it Picture Quote #1

Discretion prevented me from saying that I thought she was a fiend from the underworld and that mountain lions couldn’t force me to enter her service Picture Quote #1

Jurors should acquit, even against the judge’s instruction... if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong Picture Quote #1

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverably for ourselves and for others Picture Quote #1

And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion Picture Quote #1

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 to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion Picture Quote #1

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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one’s own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude Picture Quote #1

There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a treaty regulating all the details of time, place, circumstance, and quantity; leaving nothing to future discretion; and depending for its execution on the good faith of the parties Picture Quote #1

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution Picture Quote #1

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool Picture Quote #1

One of the most important virtues in social life, a virtue that is becoming less common by the day, is discretion Picture Quote #1

Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom Picture Quote #1

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Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge Picture Quote #1

They make their fortune who are stout and wise, wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies Picture Quote #1

Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the highest station in the court, the church, and the law? Picture Quote #1

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to win all the duties of life Picture Quote #1

I do ride contend against the advantages of distrust. In the world we live in, it is but too necessary. Some of old called it the very sinews of discretion Picture Quote #1

Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life Picture Quote #1

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Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor Picture Quote #1

He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion Picture Quote #1

By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech Picture Quote #1

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions Picture Quote #1

The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion Picture Quote #1

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing Picture Quote #1

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Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to (Discretion Quotes) There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them! (Discretion Quotes) 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 household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary (Discretion Quotes) There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion (Discretion Quotes) Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it (Discretion Quotes) We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you (Discretion Quotes) There was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it (Discretion Quotes) Discretion prevented me from saying that I thought she was a fiend from the underworld and that mountain lions couldn’t force me to enter her service (Discretion Quotes) Jurors should acquit, even against the judge’s instruction... if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong (Discretion Quotes) We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverably for ourselves and for others (Discretion Quotes) And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion (Discretion Quotes) 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 to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion (Discretion Quotes) Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one’s own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude (Discretion Quotes) There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a treaty regulating all the details of time, place, circumstance, and quantity; leaving nothing to future discretion; and depending for its execution on the good faith of the parties (Discretion Quotes) The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution (Discretion Quotes) At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool (Discretion Quotes) One of the most important virtues in social life, a virtue that is becoming less common by the day, is discretion (Discretion Quotes) Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom (Discretion Quotes) Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge (Discretion Quotes) They make their fortune who are stout and wise, wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies (Discretion Quotes) Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the highest station in the court, the church, and the law? (Discretion Quotes) Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to win all the duties of life (Discretion Quotes) I do ride contend against the advantages of distrust. In the world we live in, it is but too necessary. Some of old called it the very sinews of discretion (Discretion Quotes) Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life (Discretion Quotes) Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor (Discretion Quotes) He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion (Discretion Quotes) By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech (Discretion Quotes) Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions (Discretion Quotes) The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion (Discretion Quotes) Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing (Discretion Quotes)

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