Tact is the ability to close your mouth before someone else wants to.
Tact means staying silent before someone else wishes you would.
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A diplomat is a person who thinks twice before saying nothing.
Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say. 2) Not saying it.
— Unknown
The secret of making one's self tiresome, is, not to know when to stop.
— Voltaire
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact. –George Eliot, Impres…
— George Eliot
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
— Vermont Proverb
In Maine, we have a saying that there’s no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.
— Edmund Muskie
