“Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
This appears to be a variation of a quote often attributed to Caskie Stinnett in 1960, "A diplomat...is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kcycAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA90&dq=%22A+diplomat+is+a+person+who+can+tell+you+to+go+to+hell+in+such+a+way+that+you+actually+look+forward+to+the+trip.%22 but which appears to have been in common use in the 1950s and is first recorded in the Seattle Daily Times in 1953 as "Diplomat—one who can tell you to go to hades and make you look forward to the trip". http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_diplomat_is_a_person_who_can_tell_you_to_go_to_hell_so_that_you_look_forw/ <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965
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