Quote by Jean Cocteau
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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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. – Jean Cocteau

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After the writers death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. – Jean Cocteau

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Tact, Tactfulness
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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

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

One shouldnt talk of halters in the hanged mans house. – Miguel de Cervantes

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

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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I fear only God, all praises to Him. – Muqtada al Sadr

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I am sorry to think that you do not get a mans most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. – Henry David Thoreau

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