Quotes About Discretion

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong.

Never let anyone know what you are thinking.

Some things it is not decent to write of the dead, or prudent to write of the living.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

Victoria's got her secrets. Hey, so do I!

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.

Fredo's vagueness was born of ignorance, not discretion. Roth

Not everything the eye sees should be spoken by the mouth.

Obviously no one has ever cautioned you against pricking the vanity of proud men or wild animals; neither is completely predictable." "And which of those categories do you fit into?" "I'll leave the choice solely to your discretion," he mused and bowed solicitously.

Sometimes the better part of valor—and common sense—is saying, "I'll pass.

because privacy blah blah blah

didn't feel the need to broadcast it to the fucking nation.

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Let the hand of discretion cover the wise mouth.

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

The tone is not the writer's voice, but the intimacy of the silence he imposes upon the word. This implies that the silence is still his—what remains of him in the discretion that sets him aside. The tone makes great writers, but perhaps the work is indifferent to what makes them great.

An English gentleman is someone who knows exactly when to stop being one.