Covering discretion with a coat of folly.

Covering discretion with a coat of folly.

Discretion Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Silence is sometimes the answer.

Silence is sometimes the answer.

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more; you should never wish to do less.

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more; you should never wish to do less.

Duty is the fire that lights the darkness, the constant glow that illuminates the path of the righteous.

Duty is the fire that lights the darkness, the constant glow that illuminates the path of the righteous.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Duty is the echo of God's command, sounding through the corridors of time and eternity.

Duty is the echo of God's command, sounding through the corridors of time and eternity.