“Discretion is the best form of calculation.”

La discrétion est le plus habile des calculs.
La Fille aux yeux d'or http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Fille_aux_yeux_d%E2%80%99or (The Girl with the Golden Eyes) (1835), translated by Ellen Marriage, ch. III.
La Fille aux yeux d'or (1833)

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La discrétion est le plus habile des calculs.

La Fille aux yeux d'or (1833)

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