Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, read more

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be read more

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.