--- title: "4 Behave Quotes By Judith Martin" description: "4 Behave quotes by Judith Martin. Plus more from Judith Martin and more Behave sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/judith-martin-1927_accepted_the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturall_884304.png" --- > [The idea that people can behave naturally, without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by their society, is as silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturally-without-resorting-to-an/) [Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/judith-martin-1927_accepted_the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturall_884304.png) > [You can deny all you want that there is etiquette, and a lot of people do in everyday life. But if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/you-can-deny-all-you-want-that-there-is-etiquette-and-a-lot-of-people/) [Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/judith-martin-1927_behave_you-can-deny-all-you-want-that-there-is_1409398.png) > [I try to behave myself, and I succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/i-try-to-behave-myself-and-i-succeed/) [Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/judith-martin-1927_behave_i-try-to-behave-myself-and-i-succeed-219_2199231.png) > [People say when you're in love, you don't need etiquette. Well, you need it then more than anything. Or they say, "At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/people-say-when-you-re-in-love-you-don-t-need-etiquette-well-you-need/) [Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/judith-martin-1927_anxiety_people-say-when-you-re-in-love-you-don-t_2923280.jpg) ## Other authors on Behave ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/#itemlist", "name": "4 Behave Quotes By Judith Martin", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The idea that people can behave naturally, without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by their society, is as silly as the idea that they can communicate by a spoken language without commonly accepted semantic and grammatical rules.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturally-without-resorting-to-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/judith-martin-1927_accepted_the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturall_884304.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/judith-martin-1927_accepted_the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturall_884304.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/judith-martin-1927_accepted_the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturall_884304.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea that people can behave naturally, without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by…” — Judith Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can deny all you want that there is etiquette, and a lot of people do in everyday life. But if you behave in a way that offends the people you're trying to deal with, they will stop dealing with you...There are plenty of people who say, 'We don't care about etiquette, but we can't stand the way so-and-so behaves, and we don't want him around!' Etiquette doesn't have the great sanctions that the law has. But the main sanction we do have is in not dealing with these people and isolating them because their behavior is unbearable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/you-can-deny-all-you-want-that-there-is-etiquette-and-a-lot-of-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/judith-martin-1927_behave_you-can-deny-all-you-want-that-there-is_1409398.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/judith-martin-1927_behave_you-can-deny-all-you-want-that-there-is_1409398.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/judith-martin-1927_behave_you-can-deny-all-you-want-that-there-is_1409398.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can deny all you want that there is etiquette, and a lot of people do in everyday life. But if you…” — Judith Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I try to behave myself, and I succeed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/i-try-to-behave-myself-and-i-succeed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/judith-martin-1927_behave_i-try-to-behave-myself-and-i-succeed-219_2199231.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/judith-martin-1927_behave_i-try-to-behave-myself-and-i-succeed-219_2199231.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/judith-martin-1927_behave_i-try-to-behave-myself-and-i-succeed-219_2199231.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I try to behave myself, and I succeed.” — Judith Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People say when you're in love, you don't need etiquette. Well, you need it then more than anything. Or they say, \"At home I can just be myself.\" What they mean is they can be their worst selves... They always mean they will save all their anxiety about how to behave for somebody like the head waiter of a restaurant, someone they'll never see again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/people-say-when-you-re-in-love-you-don-t-need-etiquette-well-you-need/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/judith-martin-1927_anxiety_people-say-when-you-re-in-love-you-don-t_2923280.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/judith-martin-1927_anxiety_people-say-when-you-re-in-love-you-don-t_2923280.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/judith-martin-1927_anxiety_people-say-when-you-re-in-love-you-don-t_2923280.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People say when you're in love, you don't need etiquette. Well, you need it then more than anything. Or they…” — Judith Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/", "name": "Behave Quotes by Judith Martin", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/judith-martin-1927_accepted_the-idea-that-people-can-behave-naturall_884304.png" }, "description": "4 Behave quotes by Judith Martin. Plus more from Judith Martin and more Behave sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Behave", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Judith Martin", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/judith-martin/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```