"A young lady is a female child who……" — Judith Martin
"A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful."
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83 Quotes by Judith Martin
Judith Martin has 83 quotes on this site.
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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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Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.
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She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a…
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A small wedding is not necessarily one to which very few people are invited. It is one to which the…
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The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration,…
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You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.
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If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
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You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do
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Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards
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Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and…
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Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.
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It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and…
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
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As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child,…
— Diane Ackerman
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a…
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I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center…
— Michele Bachmann
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
— James A. Baldwin
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of…
— James A. Baldwin
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
— Honore de Balzac
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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I…
— Joyce Banda
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It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a…
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