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Quotes About Discernment

Demaratus, being asked in a troublesome manner by an importunate fellow, Who was the best man in Lacedaemon? answered at last, 'He, Sir, that is the least like you'.
~ Plutarch
See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.
~ Pope John (XXIII)
I shall not today attempt further to define [pornography]… But I know it when I see it; and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.
~ Potter Stewart
Kesalahan orang-orang pandai ialah menganggap yang lain bodoh, dan kesalahan orang-orang bodoh ialah menganggap orang-orang lain pandai
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Tak pernah aku mengadili tanpa tahu duduk perkara.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Tidak semua kebenaran dan kenyataan perlu dikatakan pada seseorang atau pada siapapun
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
You must first of all think justly. Don't sit in judgment over others when you don't know the truth of the matter.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.
~ Prior
One of the finer arts in tactic is to pay attention to subtlety.
~ Prof.Salam Al Shereida
The gist of diplomacy is choosing what not to do.
~ Prof.Salam Al Shereida
The way of looking at it can be a perilous luxury when substituted for acumen and cognizance.
~ Prof.Salam Al Shereida
We must not confuse information with inspiration.
~ Prof.Salam Al Shereida
Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks
~ Proverb
Don't water your weeds.
~ Proverb
A woman listens only to the advice of a fool.
~ Proverb
Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.
~ Proverb
Don't cast your pearls before swine.
~ Proverb
Don't make friends with monks and soldiers.
~ Proverb
He who listens to the advice of a woman is a fool.
~ Proverb
Judge not by the eye but by the heart.
~ Proverb
There is no wise response to a foolish remark.
~ Proverb
FOOLISHNESS IS NOT AN ABUSE BUT A QUALIFICATION. Pst Sam Onitiri
~ Pst Sam Onitiri
You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
~ Publilius Syrus
Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
~ Pythagoras