A Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton
English - Writer
1780 - 1832

Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet.

Douglas Adams

Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

Charles Caleb Colton

The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

William Shakespeare

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

Lytton Strachey

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

Jim Butcher

Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part.

Charles Churchill

Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.

William Hazlitt

Your surfing can get better on every turn, on every wave you catch. Learn to read the ocean better. A big part of my success has been wave knowledge.

Kelly Slater

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day your agent calls you us and says, 'guess what, you're a movie star,' and you say, 'Thank you!'

Ellen Barkin

The part we create from can't be touched by anything our parents did, or society did. That part is unsullied, uncorrupted; soundproof, waterproof, and bulletproof. In fact, the more troubles we've got, the better and richer that part becomes.

Steven Pressfield

How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.

Albert Brooks

Women have been such an important part of my life. I try, every day, to be a better father to my daughters and a better husband.

Nate Parker

I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.

Alex Honnold

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best.

Owen Feltham

Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively or technically, or just is more efficient.

John Knoll

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