Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy

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

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

It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.

It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

He is forever poised between a cliché and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliché and an indiscretion.

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.

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.

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.