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    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.

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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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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.

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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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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

by Henry Van Dyke Found in: Tact Quotes,
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To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be read more

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.

by Jane Harrison Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

by Isaac Newton Found in: Tact Quotes,
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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.

by Oliver Herford 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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