A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
He who knows does not speak; He who speaks does not know. He who is truthful is not showy; He who is showy is not truthful. He who is virtuous does not dispute; He who disputes is not virtuous. He who is learned is not wise; He who is wise is not learned. Therefore the sage does not display his own merits.
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.
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
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Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy
Perish discretion when it interferes with duty
Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.
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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.
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Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.
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A secret spoken finds wings.
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If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.
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Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.
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