WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 23, 2025

A quotation from Judith Martin

When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was a failure.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2015-01-27)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/77105/

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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Aug 29, 2023
#AdamRippon, who called #LanceArmstrong’s words “so #disheartening.” After the episode, the #Olympian told The #DailyBeast, “I don’t need to hear what the #greatest #cheater in #American #history has to say about what he thinks is an #unfair #advantage (in sports).”
Show threadiūliāJul 4, 2023

The cat, strangely enough, doesn’t seem to mind fireworks like at all but it took her a full 24 hours to come to terms with the fact that we had put some wicker chairs out in the yard; watching her turn tail and run back into the house because of stationary chairs was pretty #disheartening.
But she has since moved on.

#cat