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Examples
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Discretion is not just about making “safe” choices, or being “soft”.
New Financial Year – Now We Can Arrest Again « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Discretion is not what I always wish for in a conversation partner, but it might be just what the city needs in a Senatsbaudirektorin.
Berlin's Fulfilled Dreams and Empty Spaces J. S. Marcus in Berlin 2010
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Discretion is needed by Presidential advisers and speechwriters.
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Discretion is the better part of contract negotiation
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Discretion is not only the better part of valor; it drives your enemies crazy.
Sucker Punching 2009
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Discretion is the better part of the moguls world.
USATODAY.com - Moguls skier Roberts flips for weekly honor 2003
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'' Discretion is very important there, '' Greg Norman said.
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-- Commend me to the rustical nymph whom I called my Discretion -- O
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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Discretion is dead in favour of following rules, if you follow the rules you can’t be at fault however bad the outcome.
Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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She prayed that the "grave and beautiful damsel called Discretion" might take her by the hand and lead her to that "upper chamber, whose name is Peace."
In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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