Social Tact Quotes

'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.

Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.

It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

The truth is, you can be honest with your friends - but you just can't be honest with the general public if you want to keep your friends.

Most people who have found that they are more intelligent than most around them, have yet to learn that one of the most intelligent things they can do is prevent said people ever finding this out.

If you want to keep the relationships you have, it's best not to talk about them.

The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.

There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor the other of my detestation. This kind of dissimulation...is a necessary branch of wisdom, and so far from being immoral...that it is a duty and a virtue.

In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.

I'm polite. I guess that's the dichotomy within me. I don't like to piss people off just for the sake of pissing them off. I pick my battles.

For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.

You could have told me earlier.” “You seemed so serious about the game. I didn’t want to bother you.

Sometimes you have to avoid mentioning things because people's feelings are tender.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.

I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.

Also, when I didn't like something, I could keep my opinion to myself.

We can rarely tell others what we really think about them--not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves.

We do not tell old friends beneath our roof-tree that they are an offence to the eyesight.