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Judith Martin

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The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way.


— Judith Martin


#taxes #teenagers #life

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.


— Judith Martin


#humor #manners #humor

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.


— Judith Martin


#far #good #good qualities #help #impressive

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.


— Judith Martin


#enforce #force #immorality #morality

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


— Judith Martin


#behavior #gets #ideals #indeed #just

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.


— Judith Martin


#almost #contribution #days #did #discreet

If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.


— Judith Martin


#attached #directions #libraries #need #rest

Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.


— Judith Martin


#mistakenly #new #new technology #old #old one

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


— Judith Martin


#expecting #face #honesty #insulting #mean

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.


— Judith Martin


#conduct #education #foreign #foreign language #inducement






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In the column Judith Martin answers etiquette questions contributed by her readers and writes short essays on problems of manners or clarifies the essential qualities of politeness.

Judith Martin (née Perlman born September 13 1938) better known by the pen name Miss Manners is an American journalist author and etiquette authority.

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