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    Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your
    tutor. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with
    this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of
    nature.

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Nay, but do so then; and look you, he may come and go between you
both; and in any read more

Nay, but do so then; and look you, he may come and go between you
both; and in any case have a nay-word, that you may know one
another's mind, and the boy never need to understand anything;
for 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness. Old
folks, you know, have discretion, as they say, and know the
world.

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I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.

I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.

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The better part of valour is discretion.

The better part of valour is discretion.

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Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

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Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,
Not to outsport discretion.

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,
Not to outsport discretion.

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Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

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Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more

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.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Discretion Quotes,
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By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a read more

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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