DISCRETION in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
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1 He only replied, "Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion."
2 Truly, I fear they will lose in valour what they may gain in discretion.
3 Brother," said he to the Knight, "thou shouldst have used thy strength with more discretion.
4 Sir Sluggish Knight, I drink to thee," said the hermit; "respecting thy valour much, but deeming wondrous slightly of thy discretion.
5 The path which the animal adopted rather turned off from the course pursued by the knight during the day; but as the horse seemed confident in his choice, the rider abandoned himself to his discretion.
6 The devotion of the Knight to Rebecca's defence was exaggerated beyond the bounds, not only of discretion, but even of the most frantic excess of chivalrous zeal; and his deference to what she said, even although her language was often severe and upbraiding, was painted as carried to an excess, which, in a man of his haughty temper, seemed almost preternatural.
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