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Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far. -

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

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I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. – Jean Cocteau

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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

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

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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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