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

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

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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

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

Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar. – William Shakespeare

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. – Benjamin Disraeli

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