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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 sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing. – Samuel Butler

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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

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

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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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One shouldnt talk of halters in the hanged mans house. – Miguel de Cervantes

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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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