#discretion

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#hypocrisy #polite #word

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#compensate #cruel #discretion #display #employ

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution. ↗

— John Griffin Carlisle

#detail #discretion #judgment #matter #mere

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion. ↗

— Junius

#discretion #necessarily #notable #talents

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command. ↗

— John Bolton

#american #because #chain #command #could

there was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#life #life

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#discretion #must #schoolmasters #temper

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#lover #without

The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#america #american #american people #been #brought

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#discretion #fluency #great #orator #our