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Tact is knowing how far to go too far.
Tact is knowing how far to go too far.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more
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.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.
Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.
Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.
Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.
Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.
Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.