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A closed mouth gathers no feet.
Discretion is a very valuable asset.
Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
Discretion is not the better part of biography.
I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.
Perish discretion, when it interferes With duty!
A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.
Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.
Surely you’re not going to practice discretion now?
Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
Neither coquetry nor love is imbued with discretion.
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.
Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part.
Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.
Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
One of the things I expect Mr. Trump would look for in a vice president is discretion.
The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.
Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
A kiss is often about the future and the past. A lost dream, about the discretion of the idealism.
I'm the son of a doctor, and the key to working in the art world is to have boundaries of discretion.
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
Discretion is the most important thing for a banker. That is the philosophy of the family... I mean, of the bank.
Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discretion never went out of style.
A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket.
That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
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.
Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict is rendered.
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.
I like my clients. All of my clients say, "Peter. You're talented. But, your best virtue is your discretion." They really don't want to be talked about.
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.
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.