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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Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged. – Miguel de Cervantes

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

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

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