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discreet

«Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet»
Author: The Talmud | About: Friends | Keywords: discreet
«The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; / That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, / To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.»
«MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.»
«Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet»
«And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? / And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: / Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: As god, discreet
«We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: discreet
«Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged a fire sparkling in lovers eyes, being vexed a sea nourished with lovers tears, What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a perserving sweet.»