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    Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases read more

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.

by Erastus Wiman Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

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Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

by Jean Cocteau Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

by Don Herold Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; read more

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents.

by William Gillmore Simms Found in: Tact Quotes,
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

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