Tact Quote by Oliver Herford Download Open image “Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.” — Oliver Herford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Tact
“tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a “feel” for the proper words or responses to… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Tact, the kind of tact you should cultivate, is not a form of deception or make-believe, but a cultivated taste which gives fine perception… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel,… — Frank Medlicott Copy Share Image
“Lying is universal - we all do it. Therefore, the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought. — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
“Telling the truth to yourself is Integrity; Telling the truth to others is Honesty; Telling the truth with no fear or intimidation is Bravity… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Lying to other people is fine and usually funny, but lying to yourself is tacky. — Paul Neilan Copy Share Image
The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in… — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
“At evening when the lamp is lit, The tired Human People sit And doze, or turn with solemn looks The speckled pages of their… — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education… The three R's, a littlemusic… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
“A schoolmate of Matt Chandler's with the locker next to his: "I need to tell you about Jesus. When do you want to do… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the "plus" characteristics… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Good-bye… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
To extraordinary powers of labor, both mental and physical, he unites that tact and judgement which are requisite to the successful direction of such… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor,… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
“Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog’s owner. But no man—spend he ever so much coin and food and… — Albert Payson Terhune Copy Share Image
Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong. — Hugh Allen Copy Share Image
