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> [Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/adorable-children-are-considered-to-be-the-general-property-of-the/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

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> [In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/in-its-natural-state-the-child-tells-the-literal-truth-because-it-is/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

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## Other authors on Adorable

## More by Judith Martin

> [Smart people duck when they hear the dread announcement 'I'm going to be perfectly honest with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/smart-people-duck-when-they-hear-the-dread-announcement-i-m-going-to/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/if-you-put-together-all-the-ingredients-that-naturally-attract/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/the-one-prediction-that-never-comes-true-is-you-ll-thank-me-for/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/chaperons-even-in-their-days-of-glory-were-almost-never-able-to/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/there-are-always-proper-responses-even-to-rude-questions/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Perhaps the greatest rudenesses of our time come not from the callousness of strangers, but from the solicitousness of intimates who believe that their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/perhaps-the-greatest-rudenesses-of-our-time-come-not-from-the/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/we-are-all-entitled-to-our-little-harmless-habits-but-we-are-not/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [“Lady” is not used before the lady’s first name unless she is the daughter of a duke, marquess or earl; those who come by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/lady-is-not-used-before-the-lady-s-first-name-unless-she-is-the/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Greece is a good place for rebirths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/greece-is-a-good-place-for-rebirths/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/adorable-children-are-considered-to-be-the-general-property-of-the/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [I have always believed that the key to a happy marriage was the ability to say with a straight face, 'Why, I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/i-have-always-believed-that-the-key-to-a-happy-marriage-was-the/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/it-is-indeed-a-trial-to-maintain-the-virtue-of-humility-when-one-can/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Honesty is a virtue, but not the only one. If you're in a courtroom you need the whole truth and nothing but the truth;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/honesty-is-a-virtue-but-not-the-only-one-if-you-re-in-a-courtroom-you/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/only-a-person-who-considers-himself-too-good-for-you-is-good-enough/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

> [Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/society-cannot-exist-without-etiquette-it-never-has-and-until-our-own/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

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