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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.
It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.
It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.
 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which 
is without discretion.  
 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which 
is without discretion. 
A lover without discretion is no lover at all.
A lover without discretion is no lover at all.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
 Question your grace the late ambassadors,
 With what great state he heard their embassy,
  How well supplied read more 
 Question your grace the late ambassadors,
 With what great state he heard their embassy,
  How well supplied with noble counsellors,
   How modest in exception, and withal
    How terrible in constant resolution,
     And you shall find his vanities forespent
      Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus,
       Covering discretion with a coat of folly;
        As gardeners do with ordure hide those roots
         That shall first spring and be most delicate. 
 Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your 
tutor. Suit the action to the word, read more 
 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. 
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.
 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.