Quote by Samuel Butler
It is tact that is golden, not silence. - Samuel Butler

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

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A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. – Samuel Butler

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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. – Samuel Butler

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Family
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Tact, Tactfulness
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Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd. – Benjamin Disraeli

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. – Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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