{"id":16158,"date":"2021-11-08T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=16158"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:21:25","slug":"discretion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=16158","title":{"rendered":"Discretion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_2733.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=16159\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_2733.jpeg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2733\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_2733.jpeg?fit=1024%2C2046&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_2733.jpeg?resize=472%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16159\" width=\"472\" height=\"354\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;If you want people to speak well of you, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>do not speak well of yourself.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blaise_Pascal\">Blaise Pascal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first in a series of quotations collected from a book by Leo Tolstoy by my friend Steve G. The book was mentioned in a book titled A Swim in a Pond in the Rain that I read for one of my book clubs. It gave me an insight into thinking about stories and how they were written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tolstoy book is A Calendar of Wisdom. I don&#8217;t recommend it. It is a collection of aphorisms arranged by day and mostly dealing with religion. Thanks to Steve you don&#8217;t have to read Tolstoy&#8217;s worst work because Steve went through it and collected the best of the aphorisms and I&#8217;m going to print them here on Monday&#8217;s for the next few months.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you want people to speak well of you, do not speak well of yourself.&#8221; Blaise Pascal This is the first in a series of quotations collected from a book by Leo Tolstoy by my friend Steve G. 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