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Judith Martin
We are all...
We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in...
Ideological differences are...
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.
Source: Miss Manner's Guide to...
The invention of...
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late...
Allowing an unimportant...
Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.
If you can't...
If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
Source: Miss Manners.
-- Judith Martin,...
What you have...
What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to...
When a society...
When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly...
The simple idea...
The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal...
When you're in...
When you're in love, you put up with things that, when you're out of love you cite.
Honesty has come...
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting...
The dinner table...
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation,...
Chaperons, even in...
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force...
If written directions...
If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities...
If it's against...
If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
Source:...
It is far...
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
We are all...
We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in...
Ideological differences are...
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.
Source: Miss Manner's Guide to...
The invention of...
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late...
Allowing an unimportant...
Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.
If you can't...
If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
Source: Miss Manners.
-- Judith Martin,...
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