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No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not
be subdued by discipline.--SENECA.

DISCORD.--Our life is full of discord; but by forbearance and virtue
this same discord can be turned to harmony.--JAMES ELLIS.

The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make
peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be
called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but
their father's portion?--ST. BERNARD.

DISCRETION.--Remember the divine saying, He that keepeth his mouth,
keepeth his life.--SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is
none so useful as discretion.--ADDISON.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.--BACON.

Discretion and hard valor are the twins of honor.--BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.

The better part of valor is discretion.--SHAKESPEARE.

Discretion is more necessary to women than eloquence, because they
have less trouble to speak well than to speak little.--FATHER DU BOSC.

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop
Not to outsport discretion.
--SHAKESPEARE.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to win all the
duties of life.--ADDISON.

Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic
end.--GAMBETTA.

DISSIMULATION.--Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature,
is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or
not, artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.
--LA BRUYERE.

DRESS.--In the matter of dress people should always keep below their
ability.--MONTESQUIEU.

Those who are incapable of shining but by dress would do well to
consider, that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out
much to their disadvantage.--SHENSTONE.

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin.--MATTHEW 6:28.

A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world
for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods; and it is only when
acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they
are performing their appropriate mission.--ABBA GOOLD WOOLSON.

No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.--SIR
WALTER RALEIGH.

Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress
extravagantly or grandly make a great mistake. Nothing so well