 Talent is something, but tact is everything. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a sixth sense, but it is the life of all the five.  Bulletin - Page 3441900Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 498 pages
...place, to the surprise of Sir Arthur, and the amusement of his active staff• TACT AND TALENT. — Talent is something, but tact is everything. Talent...respectable ; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a seventh sense, but it is the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste,... | |
 | 1836 - 382 pages
...collected and republished, —for the sake of his wife and family 1 No ! for the benefit of his publisher.] Talent is something, but tact is everything. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable; ta< t is all that, and more too. It is not a seventh sense, but it is the life of all the five. It... | |
 | 1839 - 226 pages
...heerd of the vessel, but she is lost! Tact and Talent* Talent is something, but tact is every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave and respectable; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a seventh sense, but it is the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste,... | |
 | David Holt - 1839 - 304 pages
...the undying flowers of a visible God. TACT AND TALENT. TALENT is something, but tact is every thing; talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable ;...the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen smell, the lively touch ; it is the interpreter of all riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...— Mvmoin of a Warltiny Mitn. TACT AND TALENT. TALENT is something — Tact is everything. Talent is sober, grave, and respectable ; Tact is all that and more too ; it Is not a seventh sense, bat it is the life of all the five ; it is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging... | |
 | 1845 - 488 pages
...h. in 6 3 6 3 6 1 hm 9 6 10 1 !0 58 hm 3 10 4 2 4 66 " Talent is something, but tact is every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable ; tact is all that, and more too ; it is not a seventh 2 3 C! *. oat. 4 7 0 5 0 morn. 6 60 sense, but it is the life of all the five ; c; SUN. Mon.... | |
 | 1847 - 446 pages
...earth and animal and vegetable life. TACT VERSUS TALENT. TALENT is something, but not every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable. Tact is all that and more too ; it is not a seventh sense, but it is the life of all the five ; it is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging... | |
 | 1847 - 884 pages
...earth and animal and vegetable life. TACT VERSUS TALENT. TALENT is something, but not every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable. Tact is all that and more too; it is not a seventh sense, but it is the life of all the five; it is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste,... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 pages
...gentleman's "Counsels and Cautions" to such, as a production at once good and useful. TALENT AKD TACT. TALENT is something ; but tact is everything. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respected ; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a sixth sense, but the life of all the five.... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 612 pages
...constitution and career, exemplified by him in a way which verifies the following pointed description : " Talent is something, but tact is everything. Talent...judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch ; the interpreter of all riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover of all obstacles.... | |
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