Tact is changing the subject without changing your mind.
A witty saying about tact: it is the ability to change the subject without changing your mind. A pithy observation on diplomatic skill.
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Reading makes a full man; conversation, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man.
— Lord Bacon
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