Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fata

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. – William Gilmore Simms

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

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

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading. – Sarah Orne Jewett

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