#discreet

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. ↗

— Tacitus

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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing. ↗

— Jack Valenti

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Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet. ↗

— Judith Martin

#enforce #force #immorality #morality

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution. ↗

— Judith Martin

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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet as possible, and flexible enough to be able to capture the moment when it happens. I know from documentary how to not have a preconceived idea of what the scene could be. ↗

— Michel Gondry

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I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work. ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#always #anyone #cry #discreet #else

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet. ↗

— John Donne

#much #than #wicked #worse

If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English? ↗

— Olivier Martinez

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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly. ↗