There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is
none so useful as discretion.--ADDISON.
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.--BACON.
Discretion and hard valor are the twins of honor.--BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
The better part of valor is discretion.--SHAKESPEARE.
Discretion is more necessary to women than eloquence, because they
have less trouble to speak well than to speak little.--FATHER DU BOSC.
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop
Not to outsport discretion.
--SHAKESPEARE.
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to win all the
duties of life.--ADDISON.
Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic
end.--GAMBETTA.
DISSIMULATION.--Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature,
is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or
not, artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.
--LA BRUYERE.
DRESS.--In the matter of dress people should always keep below their
ability.--MONTESQUIEU.
Those who are incapable of shining but by dress would do well to
consider, that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out
much to their disadvantage.--SHENSTONE.
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin.--MATTHEW 6:28.
A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world
for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods; and it is only when
acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they
are performing their appropriate mission.
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