"Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment……" — Judith Martin
"Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace."
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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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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.
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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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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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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
— Charles Babbage
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In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in…
— Joe Baca
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
— Scott Adams
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Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.
— Martha Beck
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A lot of people are afraid to face themselves, especially when something goes wrong. But that's important, because if something…
— Christina Aguilera
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The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the…
— James Buchan
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God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing…
— Benjamin Carson
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I have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don't try…
— Benjamin Carson
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Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be…
— Benjamin Carson
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I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.
— Noam Chomsky
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us…
— Laurel Clark
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True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.
— Jennifer Aniston
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