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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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is whats known as infinity. – Jean Cocteau

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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. – Jean Cocteau

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

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

Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar. – William Shakespeare

Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when thats really where you wish they were. – George E. Bergman

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