It is tact that is golden, not silence.

More Quotes By Samuel Butler

• Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
• Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
• If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my...
• Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it...
• Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
• Don’t learn to do, but learn in doing.
• People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
• Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
• The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and...
• Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one....
• Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
• Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat...
• People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between...
• The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
• Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.