“Whether we drive on the right or left side of the road is arbitrary, but it is crucial to obey the prevailing rule.” — Judith Martin, "Wedding Invitation Requires Some Sleuthing," Miss Manners (02015-02-01)
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A quotation from Judith Martin
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
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A quotation from Judith Martin
Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give a hearty sustenance and cheer? Who warms you in the winter and cools you in the summer? Yet who also is capable of doing honor to your richest table and impressing your most demanding guests? […]Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Part 3 “Basic Civilization,” “Table Manners” (1983)
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Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give a hearty sustenance and cheer? Who warms you in the winter and cools you…
A quotation from Judith Martin
Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2014-12-19)
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Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up. Collected in Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette (2020), though with a slight rephrasing: The only alternative to honesty is not dishonesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue…
“Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners’ concept of propriety, much less logic.” — Judith Martin, Miss Manners (01984-08-19)
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A quotation from Judith Martin
We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, Miss Manners believes, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2010-05-07)
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A quotation from Judith Martin
Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace […] Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, “No, dear — it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.”Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
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Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace [...] Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, "No, dear -- it was Tuesday, not Wednesday."…
A quotation from Judith Martin
Contrary to rumor, bridesmaids are not obliged to entertain in honor of the bride, nor to wear clothes that they cannot afford and that make them look stupid.Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1993-03-07)
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Contrary to rumor, bridesmaids are not obliged to entertain in honor of the bride, nor to wear clothes that they cannot afford and that make them look stupid. And no, the bride does not have a "right" to demand either one because it is "her day." Any sensible person who…
A quotation from Judith Martin
The only wedding custom with a pretense to long tradition and universality, that of public checking up on the consummation of the marriage, seems to have been dropped. Miss Manners can’t think why.Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1981-04-11)
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The only wedding custom with a pretense to long tradition and universality, that of public checking up on the consummation of the marriage, seems to have been dropped. Miss Manners can't think why. On the idea that weddings have rigid and immutable rules, roles, and set pieces that must be…
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