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#manner

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. . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept.


Judith Martin


#miss-manners #equality

The smaller the dinner table, the better the side conversation: you can gossip about the guests without fearing whether you will be overheard. It just isn't good table manners to exclude someone from their own ridicule. That's why the juiciest side conversations occur at a table for one.


Bauvard


#dinner #funny #gossip #humor #table-manners

The law and a thin veil of insincerity, all that prevents me from strangling an etiquette coach.


Bauvard


#funny #humor #law #manners #politeness

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


Judith Martin


#humor #manners #humor

She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes and smokes on the street corner, though she may be a joy to all who know her and have devoted her life to charity, could never qualify as a lady.


Judith Martin


#miss-manners #smoking #life

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.


Rossana Condoleo


#etiquette #giving-advice #good-manners #life-coaching #life-experience






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