#discretion

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

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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

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Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #paraphrased #valor #harry-dresden

Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes, for example. You must be honest about the numbers, since our annual deficit now exceeds all discretionary spending combined. ↗

— Brian Baird

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Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them. ↗

— Marie de France

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