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  • Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.

  • I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • We believe we are entitled to the gift of the Holy Ghost in extent according to the discretion and wisdom of God and our faithfulness; which gift brings all things to our remembrance, past, present, and to come, that are necessary for us to know, and as far as our minds are prepared to receive the knowledge of God revealed by that all-wise Agent. The Holy Ghost is God's minister, and is delegated to visit the sons and daughters of men. All intelligent beings pertaining to this earth are instructed from the same source.

    Wise   Daughter   Believe  
  • The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.

    Party   Passion   Men  
    Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1852). “The Spectator”, p.296
  • There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence, as there are physical maladies which a physician ought to seek to heal without letting the sufferer know that he has discovered their extent.

  • Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon; cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.

    Selfish   Distance   Eye  
    Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1854). “The Spectator”, p.226
  • Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.

    Mrs. Chapone (Hester), John Gregory, Lady Sarah Pennington (1827). “Letters on the improvement of the mind: addressed to a lady, by Mrs. Chapone. A father's legacy to his daughters, by Dr. Gregory. A mother's advice to her absent daughters, with an additional letter, on the management and education of infant children, by Lady Pennington”, p.166
  • 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.

    Order   Speech   Speak  
    Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.349
  • In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.

    Fall   Evil   Use  
  • Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

    Life   Sugar   Fancy  
  • My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even if hidden in a dung-hill, so old age and discretion are to be respected even in the vile persons of our subjects. Desist therefore, and tell us what you desire and propose.

    Mean   Son   Jewels  
    C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol V: The Horse and his Boy”, p.81, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED
  • Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

  • A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

    Love   Heart   Discretion  
    Hand of Ethelberta (1876) ch. 20
  • The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.

    Love   Art   Knowing  
  • But cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in them, that the choice must always be made, if not of the lesser evil, at least of the GREATER, not the PERFECT good; and that in every political institution, a power to advance the public happiness, involves a discretion which may be misapplied and abused.

    Blessing   People   Evil  
    Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Barton Dawson (1864). “The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes”, p.277, New York : C. Scribner ; London : Sampson Low
  • This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant-a man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is crush'd into folly, his folly sauced with discretion.

    Crush   Men   Elephants  
    William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, Isaac Reed (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.229
  • Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.

    Men   Invention   Masters  
    "United States v. Wunderlich, 342 U.S. 98". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. November 26, 1951.
  • Zeal should not outrun discretion.

    Should   Zeal   Outrun  
    Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.17, Lulu.com
  • Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.

    William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics”
  • One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

    'A Woman of No Importance' (1893) act 1
  • Hitler always styled himself as a man who renounced all personal happiness in the service of his people. There is no conclusive evidence of this, but I believe that behind the smokescreen of discretion, Hitler had a very normal love life with Eva Braun.

    Believe   Love Life   Men  
    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • When you approach spirituality as an adventure of being alive, you start as you would any adventure--with a sense of mystery and not-knowing. Instead of searching for answers that make you feel safe, you set out into the vastness of life and death, with a willingness to continually grow. You open up to the possibility that your ordinary life is an extraordinary adventure, and that your joys and sorrows have meaning. Spiritual practice becomes your rudder, offering direction and insight and discretion as you venture into the unknown.

    Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.16, Ballantine Books
  • Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

    Prejudice   Done   Form  
    Paul Neilan (2007). “Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan
  • The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

    "The Plays and Poems of Shakspeare".
  • Women do not think with logic and discretion but with emotions of the heart

    Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.482, Simon and Schuster
  • I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command. This is the sort of investigation that some people who live in Fairyland might like to undertake, but which bears no relationship at all to conditions in the real world.

    Real   War   Taken  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • Be not too tame neither, but let your own Discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

    Suits   Action   Tutor  
    'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]
  • The heart sometimes leaps forward when the head tells us to be still. When this happens, patience is clearly called for as we seek to find a proper balance between impulse and discretion.

    Wisdom   Heart   Balance  
  • 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.

  • 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.

    Respect   Mean   Desire  
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