It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

I hears that there's a group of South American Indians that worship the number zero

I hears that there's a group of South American Indians that worship the number zero