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Between Quotes by Judith Martin
- Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who…
- One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have emotional ties to the forms…
- The truly essential bargain between host and guest requires the guest only to respond promptly, show up on time, socialize with other guests, thank the…
- 'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking…
- I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are…
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