Etiquette Quote by Judith Martin

“The etiquette question that troubles so many fastidious people New Year's Day is: How am I ever going to face those people again?”

Judith Martin

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Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

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It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

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