Quote by Jean Cocteau
Tact is knowing how far to go too far. - Jean Cocteau

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

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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. – Jean Cocteau

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

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

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

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public. – Marquis De Sade

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