46 Quotes About Tact

In any case, I hadn’t gone into the subject of dorm living too deeply with him, not because I hesitated to probe his tender spots but because I would have been probing my own. This is called tact, and is reputed to be a virtue.

The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain,' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross

There is no hint too broad for a woman of little tact.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Art of making an era with clear facts. -Before 2020Art of making tact without letting it to-be-fact. -Post 2020

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings

If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk.

Never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact - and if he were not, you could hurt his feelings.