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A lot of men got upset at the feminist movement because they had all the toys and we wanted some.
Judith Martin
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Judith Martin
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 13
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Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace ... Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, 'No, dear -- it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.
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Visiting the sick is supposed to exhibit such great virtue that there are some people determined to do it whether the sick like it or not. ... All visitors everywhere are supposed to make plans to depart if they observe their hosts visibly wilting or in pain, but this is especially true at hospitals.
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Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or less skill, for laudable or for evil purposes, to express a great variety of ideas and emotions. In itself, it carries no moral value, but ignorance in use of this tool is not a sign of virtue.
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Nowadays people consider it a disgrace to admit that they are not stressed.
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If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.
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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.
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You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.
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The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes even more.
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