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Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise. - Matthew Prior

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise. – Matthew Prior

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For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine. – Matthew Prior

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Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far. – Jean Cocteau

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public. – Marquis De Sade

The secret of mans success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

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

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