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Keep matters for a time in suspense. Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements, It is both useless and insipid to play with the cards on the table. If you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation, especially when the importance of your position makes you the object of general attention. Mix a little mystery with everything, and the very mystery arouses veneration. And when you explain, be not too explicit, just as you do not expose your inmost thoughts in ordinary intercourse. Cautious silence is the holy of holies of worldly wisdom. A resolution declared is never highly thought of; it only leaves room for criticism. And if it happens to fail, you are doubly unfortunate.
Besides you imitate the Divine way when you cause men to wonder and watch.
[Llevar sus cosas con suspensión. La admiración de la novedad es estimación de los aciertos. El jugar a juego descubierto ni es de utilidad ni de gusto. El no declararse luego suspende, y más donde la sublimidad del empleo da objeto a la universal expectación; amaga misterio en todo, y con su misma arcanidad provoca la veneración. Aun en el darse a entender se ha de huir la llaneza, así como ni en el trato se ha de permitir el interior a todos. Es el recatado silencio sagrado de la cordura. La resolución declarada nunca fue estimada; antes se permite a la censura, y si saliere azar, será dos veces infeliz.
Imítese, pues, el proceder divino para hacer estar a la mira y al desvelo.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 3 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #anticipation #discretion #divineplan #divinepurpose #expectations #ineffability #mystery #obscurity #secrecy #silence #suspense #uncertainty
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Keep matters for a time in suspense. Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements, It is both useless and insipid to play with the cards on the table. If you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation, especially when the importance of your position makes you the object of general attention. Mix a little mystery with everything, and the very mystery arouses veneration. And when you explain, be not too explicit, just as you do not expose your inmost thoughts in ordinary intercourse. Cautious silence is the holy of holies of worldly wisdom. A resolution declared is never highly thought of; it only leaves room for criticism. And if it happens to fail, you are doubly unfortunate.
Besides you imitate the Divine way when you cause men to wonder and watch.
[Llevar sus cosas con suspensión. La admiración de la novedad es estimación de los aciertos. El jugar a juego descubierto ni es de utilidad ni de gusto. El no declararse luego suspende, y más donde la sublimidad del empleo da objeto a la universal expectación; amaga misterio en todo, y con su misma arcanidad provoca la veneración. Aun en el darse a entender se ha de huir la llaneza, así como ni en el trato se ha de permitir el interior a todos. Es el recatado silencio sagrado de la cordura. La resolución declarada nunca fue estimada; antes se permite a la censura, y si saliere azar, será dos veces infeliz.
Imítese, pues, el proceder divino para hacer estar a la mira y al desvelo.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 3 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #anticipation #discretion #divineplan #divinepurpose #expectations #ineffability #mystery #obscurity #secrecy #silence #suspense #uncertainty
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Keep matters for a time in suspense. Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements, It is both useless and insipid to play with the cards on the table. If you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation, especially when the importance of your position makes you the object of general attention. Mix a little mystery with everything, and the very mystery arouses veneration. And when you explain, be not too explicit, just as you do not expose your inmost thoughts in ordinary intercourse. Cautious silence is the holy of holies of worldly wisdom. A resolution declared is never highly thought of; it only leaves room for criticism. And if it happens to fail, you are doubly unfortunate.
Besides you imitate the Divine way when you cause men to wonder and watch.
[Llevar sus cosas con suspensión. La admiración de la novedad es estimación de los aciertos. El jugar a juego descubierto ni es de utilidad ni de gusto. El no declararse luego suspende, y más donde la sublimidad del empleo da objeto a la universal expectación; amaga misterio en todo, y con su misma arcanidad provoca la veneración. Aun en el darse a entender se ha de huir la llaneza, así como ni en el trato se ha de permitir el interior a todos. Es el recatado silencio sagrado de la cordura. La resolución declarada nunca fue estimada; antes se permite a la censura, y si saliere azar, será dos veces infeliz.
Imítese, pues, el proceder divino para hacer estar a la mira y al desvelo.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 3 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #anticipation #discretion #divineplan #divinepurpose #expectations #ineffability #mystery #obscurity #secrecy #silence #suspense #uncertainty
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Keep matters for a time in suspense. Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements, It is both useless and insipid to play with the cards on the table. If you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation, especially when the importance of your position makes you the object of general attention. Mix a little mystery with everything, and the very mystery arouses veneration. And when you explain, be not too explicit, just as you do not expose your inmost thoughts in ordinary intercourse. Cautious silence is the holy of holies of worldly wisdom. A resolution declared is never highly thought of; it only leaves room for criticism. And if it happens to fail, you are doubly unfortunate.
Besides you imitate the Divine way when you cause men to wonder and watch.
[Llevar sus cosas con suspensión. La admiración de la novedad es estimación de los aciertos. El jugar a juego descubierto ni es de utilidad ni de gusto. El no declararse luego suspende, y más donde la sublimidad del empleo da objeto a la universal expectación; amaga misterio en todo, y con su misma arcanidad provoca la veneración. Aun en el darse a entender se ha de huir la llaneza, así como ni en el trato se ha de permitir el interior a todos. Es el recatado silencio sagrado de la cordura. La resolución declarada nunca fue estimada; antes se permite a la censura, y si saliere azar, será dos veces infeliz.
Imítese, pues, el proceder divino para hacer estar a la mira y al desvelo.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 3 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #anticipation #discretion #divineplan #divinepurpose #expectations #ineffability #mystery #obscurity #secrecy #silence #suspense #uncertainty
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https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/205617/ Lulu Gainsbourg est devenu papa pour la première fois : « Le début du reste de nos vies » #AurélieBossu #bébé #Celebrities #Celebrity #discretion #Divertissement #Entertainment #garçon #LuluGainsbourg #People #relation #SergeGainsbourg #Suisse
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Don’t write anything you can phone. Don’t phone anything you can talk. Don’t talk anything you can whisper. Don’t whisper anything you can smile. Don’t smile anything you can nod. Don’t nod anything you can wink.
Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) American politician, orator.
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/long-earl/6396/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #earllong #hueylong #communication #detection #discretion #offtherecord #secrecy #trail #evidence #surveillance
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Don’t write anything you can phone. Don’t phone anything you can talk. Don’t talk anything you can whisper. Don’t whisper anything you can smile. Don’t smile anything you can nod. Don’t nod anything you can wink.
Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) American politician, orator.
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/long-earl/6396/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #earllong #hueylong #communication #detection #discretion #offtherecord #secrecy #trail #evidence #surveillance
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Don’t write anything you can phone. Don’t phone anything you can talk. Don’t talk anything you can whisper. Don’t whisper anything you can smile. Don’t smile anything you can nod. Don’t nod anything you can wink.
Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) American politician, orator.
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/long-earl/6396/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #earllong #hueylong #communication #detection #discretion #offtherecord #secrecy #trail #evidence #surveillance
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Don’t write anything you can phone. Don’t phone anything you can talk. Don’t talk anything you can whisper. Don’t whisper anything you can smile. Don’t smile anything you can nod. Don’t nod anything you can wink.
Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) American politician, orator.
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/long-earl/6396/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #earllong #hueylong #communication #detection #discretion #offtherecord #secrecy #trail #evidence #surveillance
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Piaille.fr est un serveur Mastodon francophone, public et ouvert, pensé pour publier de courts messages, échanger, partager des liens, photos et vidéos avec une communauté active.
Pour IsraelStripper, il peut servir à présenter des shows privés, striptease, anniversaires, enterrements de vie de garçon, hôtels et événements adultes en Israël avec un ton discret.
Site principal :
https://israelstripper.co.il/Modiin et le centre d’Israël conviennent aux appartements, salles privées et réservations rapides :
https://israelstripper.co.il/חשפניות-בתל-אביב-והמרכז/מודיעין/#IsraelStripper #Piaille #Mastodon #Israel #Modiin #ShowsPrives #Discretion
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Piaille.fr est un serveur Mastodon francophone, public et ouvert, pensé pour publier de courts messages, échanger, partager des liens, photos et vidéos avec une communauté active.
Pour IsraelStripper, il peut servir à présenter des shows privés, striptease, anniversaires, enterrements de vie de garçon, hôtels et événements adultes en Israël avec un ton discret.
Site principal :
https://israelstripper.co.il/Modiin et le centre d’Israël conviennent aux appartements, salles privées et réservations rapides :
https://israelstripper.co.il/חשפניות-בתל-אביב-והמרכז/מודיעין/#IsraelStripper #Piaille #Mastodon #Israel #Modiin #ShowsPrives #Discretion
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Piaille.fr est un serveur Mastodon francophone, public et ouvert, pensé pour publier de courts messages, échanger, partager des liens, photos et vidéos avec une communauté active.
Pour IsraelStripper, il peut servir à présenter des shows privés, striptease, anniversaires, enterrements de vie de garçon, hôtels et événements adultes en Israël avec un ton discret.
Site principal :
https://israelstripper.co.il/Modiin et le centre d’Israël conviennent aux appartements, salles privées et réservations rapides :
https://israelstripper.co.il/חשפניות-בתל-אביב-והמרכז/מודיעין/#IsraelStripper #Piaille #Mastodon #Israel #Modiin #ShowsPrives #Discretion
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Piaille.fr est un serveur Mastodon francophone, public et ouvert, pensé pour publier de courts messages, échanger, partager des liens, photos et vidéos avec une communauté active.
Pour IsraelStripper, il peut servir à présenter des shows privés, striptease, anniversaires, enterrements de vie de garçon, hôtels et événements adultes en Israël avec un ton discret.
Site principal :
https://israelstripper.co.il/Modiin et le centre d’Israël conviennent aux appartements, salles privées et réservations rapides :
https://israelstripper.co.il/חשפניות-בתל-אביב-והמרכז/מודיעין/#IsraelStripper #Piaille #Mastodon #Israel #Modiin #ShowsPrives #Discretion
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Piaille.fr est un serveur Mastodon francophone, public et ouvert, pensé pour publier de courts messages, échanger, partager des liens, photos et vidéos avec une communauté active.
Pour IsraelStripper, il peut servir à présenter des shows privés, striptease, anniversaires, enterrements de vie de garçon, hôtels et événements adultes en Israël avec un ton discret.
Site principal :
https://israelstripper.co.il/Modiin et le centre d’Israël conviennent aux appartements, salles privées et réservations rapides :
https://israelstripper.co.il/חשפניות-בתל-אביב-והמרכז/מודיעין/#IsraelStripper #Piaille #Mastodon #Israel #Modiin #ShowsPrives #Discretion
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#discretion : the quality of behaving quietly to avoid offense
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : the quality of behaving quietly to avoid offense
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : the quality of behaving quietly to avoid offense
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : the quality of behaving quietly to avoid offense
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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Matt Shakman to Direct Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning in ‘Discretion’ at Paramount+
Paramount+‘s legal thriller Discretion already has two A-list stars in Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning. The series has…
#NewsBeep #News #Celebrities #CA #Canada #Discretion #Entertainment #mattshakman #paramount
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Matt Shakman To Direct ‘Discretion’ With Nicole Kidman & Elle Fanning
Fantastic Four: First Steps helmer Matt Shakman has been tapped to direct the pilot and three additional episodes…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #Directing #Discretion #ElleFanning #Entertainment #mattshakman #NicoleKidman #Paramount
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Matt Shakman To Direct ‘Discretion’ With Nicole Kidman & Elle Fanning
Fantastic Four: First Steps helmer Matt Shakman has been tapped to direct the pilot and three additional episodes…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #Directing #Discretion #ElleFanning #Entertainment #mattshakman #NicoleKidman #Paramount
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/528924/ Matt Shakman To Direct ‘Discretion’ With Nicole Kidman & Elle Fanning #directing #Discretion #Éire #ElleFanning #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #MattShakman #NicoleKidman #Paramount+ #TV
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Paramount+ Signs Matt Shakman to Direct Legal Thriller ‘Discretion’
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Paramount+ Signs Matt Shakman to Direct Legal Thriller ‘Discretion’
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Paramount+ Signs Matt Shakman to Direct Legal Thriller ‘Discretion’
#TV #TVNews #Discretion #Mattshakman #Paramount -
Paramount+ Signs Matt Shakman to Direct Legal Thriller ‘Discretion’
#TV #TVNews #Discretion #Mattshakman #Paramount -
Paramount+ Signs Matt Shakman to Direct Legal Thriller ‘Discretion’
#TV #TVNews #Discretion #Mattshakman #Paramount -
Matt Shakman To Direct & EP Paramount+ Series ‘Discretion’ Starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning
#News #Directing #Discretion #ElleFanning #MattShakman #NicoleKidman #Paramounthttps://deadline.com/2026/06/matt-shakman-direct-discretion-nicole-kidman-elle-fanning-1236952872/
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Matt Shakman To Direct & EP Paramount+ Series ‘Discretion’ Starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning
#News #Directing #Discretion #ElleFanning #MattShakman #NicoleKidman #Paramounthttps://deadline.com/2026/06/matt-shakman-direct-discretion-nicole-kidman-elle-fanning-1236952872/
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Matt Shakman To Direct & EP Paramount+ Series ‘Discretion’ Starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning
#News #Directing #Discretion #ElleFanning #MattShakman #NicoleKidman #Paramounthttps://deadline.com/2026/06/matt-shakman-direct-discretion-nicole-kidman-elle-fanning-1236952872/
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Matt Shakman To Direct & EP Paramount+ Series ‘Discretion’ Starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning
#News #Directing #Discretion #ElleFanning #MattShakman #NicoleKidman #Paramounthttps://deadline.com/2026/06/matt-shakman-direct-discretion-nicole-kidman-elle-fanning-1236952872/
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules on composition: it produces vigilance rather than elevation, rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often escapes miscarriages but seldom reaches either power or honor. It quenches that ardor of enterprise by which every thing is done that can claim praise or admiration; and represses that generous temerity which often fails and often succeeds. Rules may obviate faults, but can never confer beauties; and prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-19), The Idler, No. 57More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2133/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #caution #circumspection #commonsense #discretion #happiness #prudence #safety #shrewdness #takingcare #wariness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules on composition: it produces vigilance rather than elevation, rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often escapes miscarriages but seldom reaches either power or honor. It quenches that ardor of enterprise by which every thing is done that can claim praise or admiration; and represses that generous temerity which often fails and often succeeds. Rules may obviate faults, but can never confer beauties; and prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-19), The Idler, No. 57More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2133/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #caution #circumspection #commonsense #discretion #happiness #prudence #safety #shrewdness #takingcare #wariness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules on composition: it produces vigilance rather than elevation, rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often escapes miscarriages but seldom reaches either power or honor. It quenches that ardor of enterprise by which every thing is done that can claim praise or admiration; and represses that generous temerity which often fails and often succeeds. Rules may obviate faults, but can never confer beauties; and prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-19), The Idler, No. 57More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2133/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #caution #circumspection #commonsense #discretion #happiness #prudence #safety #shrewdness #takingcare #wariness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules on composition: it produces vigilance rather than elevation, rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often escapes miscarriages but seldom reaches either power or honor. It quenches that ardor of enterprise by which every thing is done that can claim praise or admiration; and represses that generous temerity which often fails and often succeeds. Rules may obviate faults, but can never confer beauties; and prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-19), The Idler, No. 57More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2133/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #caution #circumspection #commonsense #discretion #happiness #prudence #safety #shrewdness #takingcare #wariness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules on composition: it produces vigilance rather than elevation, rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often escapes miscarriages but seldom reaches either power or honor. It quenches that ardor of enterprise by which every thing is done that can claim praise or admiration; and represses that generous temerity which often fails and often succeeds. Rules may obviate faults, but can never confer beauties; and prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-19), The Idler, No. 57More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2133/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #caution #circumspection #commonsense #discretion #happiness #prudence #safety #shrewdness #takingcare #wariness
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#discretion : cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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#discretion : cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control
- French: discretion
- German: das Ermessen
- Italian: discrezione
- Portuguese: discrição
- Spanish: discreción
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-11-17), The Spectator, No. 225More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/81313…
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