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Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not sil

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

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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler

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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels. – John Selden

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Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when thats really where you wish they were. – George E. Bergman

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Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. – Oliver Herford

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

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