So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some dis

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

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

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. – William Gilmore Simms

Tact is knowing how far to go too far. – Jean Cocteau

Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. – Samuel Butler

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