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"27 Judith Martin Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 13 September 1938 | Journalist | Author |

Being polite does not mean being mummified.

Polite Mummified
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If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

You Kind Vague
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When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.

Society Ideals People Behavior
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Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

People Think Technology Old
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Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.

Honesty Privilege Insulting Redress
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The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.

Greater Controversy Manners
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Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette

Freedom Rules Work Etiquette
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Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.

Enforce Morality Immorality Discreet
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We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

Charming Fresh Civilized Society
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It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

Impressive Discover Qualities Help
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Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just doubles the amount of rudeness in the world.

Etiquette Defenseless Rudeness World
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People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.

People Informality Feel Disastrous
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Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.

Hypocrisy Social Sin Virtue
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If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Against Law Breach Etiquette
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Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

Society Exist Etiquette Century
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When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Virtues Flaws Insurmountable
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Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

Ideological Differences Excuse Rudeness
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Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.
Generosity Gratitude Linked
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When you're in love, you put up with things that, when you're out of love you cite.

Love Put up Cite
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Life is full of wonderful passions that come and go over the years, but the only one that will never let you down is reading.

Life Passions Years Reading
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Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close.

Manners Consideration Human beings
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The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.
Way Excuse Rude Behavior
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Everybody's an art critic.

Everybody's Art Critic
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There is nothing like a good friend to help you out when you are not in trouble.

Nothing Good friend Help Trouble
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everyone old enough to have a secret is entitled to have some place to keep it.

Everyone Old Secret Entitled
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Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.

Mistake Comment Social grace
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There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.

Proper Responses Rude Questions
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Judith Martin Quotes & Sayings