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    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.

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No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little

No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give read more

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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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.

by William Gillmore Simms Found in: Tact Quotes,
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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

by Henry Clay Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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