#discretion

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists. ↗

— Philip Roth

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The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. ↗

— John Ruskin

#born #child #clothed #discretion #duty

Philosophy is nothing but discretion. ↗

— John Selden

#nothing #philosophy

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein it in, but he ignores the spending category that is the big spike in the budget. ↗

— John Spratt

#big #budget #care #category #discretionary

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

— Philip Stanhope

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That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case. ↗

— Andrew Thomas

#discretion #finding #individual #judicial #judicial system

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them. ↗

— Isaac Barrow

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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#discretion #secret #trust #truth #woman

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president. ↗

— Jacob Lew

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