Quotes about Discretion

As politicians we ought not so much to ground our hopes on the reasonableness of the thing we ask, as on the reasonableness of the person whom we ask it: who would expect discretion from a fool, candor from a tyrant, or justice from a villain?

cautiously, you avoid trouble. See all that you can — then, if you forget the perilous and

If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbroker's do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

Seja mais sábio do que os outros se puder, mas não avise a ninguém.

Discretion tells us what God wants of us and what He does not want of us.

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

It's best for a man to be thought a fool instead of opening his mouth and removing all doubt.

It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please.

Certainly, I approve of political opinions, but there are people who do not know where to stop.

If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some of them will join in the kill, the others will discreetly pretend to know nothing, hear nothing, so you can go right on seeing them and talking to them. That second category, discreet and tactful, those are your friends. 'Friends' in the modern sense of the term. Listen, Jean-Marc, I've known that forever.

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.