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Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his read more
Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head
Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.
Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, read more
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; read more
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.