Quotes About Discretion

I know that you have to be reserved about certain things in your life.

I fiercely protect my privacy. I just don't think it's everyone's business to know every little detail about my life. That's just the way I've handled myself.

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

a little modesty averts disgrace

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.*

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

appreciating a private room. In a public ward the messy proceeding would have taken place a whole unnecessary hour

We all have a right to our private lives; it's living a secret life that gets us in trouble.

Has no one ever taught you it is rude to pry?' 'Would you rather I sneaked about, ferreting things out? Of course not. 'Twould be most distasteful. All in all, I'd rather be thought rude than artful.

Don't you mean to lecture me on the evils of illicit relationships?' 'No. I am quite certain you are aware of the disagreeable consequences if the /ton/ were to discover your activities. But I have found that occasionally a small peccadillo that harms no one can be conducive to a cheerful disposition.

El arte de amar ? Saber unir el temperamento de un vampiro y la discreción de una anémona.

t is idle to expect an ordinary man born in the purple to have greater genius than an extraordinary man born out of the purple; to expect a man whose place has always been fixed to have a better judgment than one who has lived by his judgment; to expect a man whose career will be the same whether he is discreet or whether he is indiscreet to have the nice discretion of one who has risen by his wisdom, who will fall if he ceases to be wise.

These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

If you desire something of real value -- tell no one. You will find it maybe when the eyes of Destiny are turned the other way.

The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.

I don't like people recognizing me all around the world. I really don't like that, as it's breach of my privacy.

Police on the street need the discretion to deal quickly and easily with routine misdemeanours which need to be recorded but need not take up court time - and where there is no doubt about guilt.

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst.

I want to help people in need, but I don't want people to know I'm doing it.

Never attach where it is obvious

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.

To be honest, I don't mind talking about my experiences in life, but details aren't for everyone.

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.