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Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
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.
Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his read more
Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head
Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.
Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.
Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
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.
Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.
Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.