Discretion Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Discretion


It shew’d discretion, the best part of valor. Beaumont and Fletcher—A King and No King. Act IV. Sc. 3.	1
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. Proverbs. XI. 22.	2
Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 18.	3
The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act V. Sc. 4. L. 121.	4
Covering discretion with a coat of folly. Henry V. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 38.	5
I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion. Love’s Labour’s Lost. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 733.	6
For ’tis not good that children should know any wickedness: old folks, you know, have discretion, as they say, and know the world. Merry Wives of Windsor. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 131.	7
Let’s teach ourselves that honourable stop, Not to outsport discretion. Othello. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 2.	8