“ Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were. ”
- George E. Bergman- Copy
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“ Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
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“ Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. ”
- Oliver Herford- Copy
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“ The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet. - King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ”
- Donald G. Mitchell- Copy
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“ In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid. ”
- Lincoln Chafee- Copy
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“ I don't think that anybody has any patience left for the way the PLO has conducted itself,... We know now, because of the arms shipment, that there is a close association between all of that violence and what is happening within the ranks... and the leadership of the PLO. ”
- Tom Daschle- Copy
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“ A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment? ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
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“ There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter. ”
- Jean Genet- Copy
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“ Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ”
- Howard W. Newton- Copy
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“ A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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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. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade. ”
- Noel Coward- Copy
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“ A diplomat… is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. ”
- Caskie Stinnett- Copy
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