Quote by Samuel Butler
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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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. – Samuel Butler

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It is tact that is golden, not silence. – Samuel Butler

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd. – Benjamin Disraeli

Tact is the intelligence of the heart. – Source Unknown

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

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. – Alexander Hamilton

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Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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The end-of-summer winds make people restless. – Sebastian Faulks, Engleby

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