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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If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. – Oliver Herford

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Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. – Oliver Herford

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

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

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

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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