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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Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. – Samuel Butler

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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler

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Tact is ability to see others as they wish to be seen. – Source Unknown

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

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

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

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