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.
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
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Warren W. Wiersbe
Tact is an ability to live in the midst of ugliness without getting ugly.
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Debasish Mridha
In Your Early Years people Tell You, Correct You and Forgive You. But when you become an Adult, they Neither Correct you nor Forgive You
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Vineet Raj Kapoor
I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.
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Tanith Lee
Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the same time.
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Harold Holzer
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