Amy Vanderbilt Quotes
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Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."
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Everyone knows that a man can marry even if he reaches the age of 102, is penniless, and has all his facilities gone. There is…
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One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery.
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Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.
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Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.
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The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.
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The best-dressed women I know pay very little attention to the picayune aspects of fashion, but they have a sound understanding of style.
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When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives.
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We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with…
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I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have…
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The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.
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