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

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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. – Jean Cocteau

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

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Tact is knowing how far to go too far. – Jean Cocteau

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

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