Discretion

Discretion

Discretion is a noun in the English language with several meanings revolving around the judgment of the person exercising the characteristic.

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Famous quotes containing the word discretion:

    “All earthly things is but vanity:
    Beauty, Strength, and Discretion do man forsake,
    Foolish friends and kinsmen, that fair spake—
    All fleeth save Good Deeds, and that am I.”
    —Unknown. Everyman (l. 870–873)

    “I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.”
    —Philip Roth (b. 1933)

    “We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.”
    —Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)