Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorDiscretion is a virtue, without which the others cease to be so.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorThere can be no grace where there is no discretion.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorThe walking of lands and communicating with diverse people makes men discreet.
Alfred d' Houdetot
View AuthorChatterers are the most discreet men: they talk and talk and say nothing.
Diogenes Laërtius
View AuthorListening silently is how one learns to hear; speaking is how one learns to talk; and then, speaking teaches one to be silent.
Jean de La Fontaine
View AuthorPeople who make little noise are dangerous.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorThe fly that does not want to be hunted is safer when it lands on the flyswatter.
Marcel Mart
View AuthorThe best source of information is people who have promised not to tell it to others.
Voltaire
View AuthorHe who reveals the secret of others is seen as a traitor; he who reveals his own secret is seen as a fool.