"La discrétion est le plus habile des calculs."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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Discretion is the best form of calculation. — La Fille aux yeux d'or (The Girl with the Golden Eyes) (1835), translated by Ellen Marriage, ch. III