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Perish discretion when it interferes with duty
Perish discretion when it interferes with duty
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy
I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of
discretion, and I will right myself like read more
I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of
discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.
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.
A lover without discretion is no lover at all.
A lover without discretion is no lover at all.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
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.
Never say "oops" in the operating room.
Never say "oops" in the operating room.
The better part of valour is discretion.
The better part of valour is discretion.