Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

Discretion Quotes

Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

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.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection and choked with too much nourishment.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection and choked with too much nourishment.

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions.

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions.

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.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

Perish discretion, when it interferes with duty!

Perish discretion, when it interferes with duty!

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Discretion is the perfection of reason and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

Discretion is the perfection of reason and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

Stones decay, and words last.

Stones decay, and words last.

Covering discretion with a coat of folly.

Covering discretion with a coat of folly.

Some things are better left unsaid.

Some things are better left unsaid.

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.