Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Quote by Isaac Newton

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To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may...

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may...

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is...

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is...

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.