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The obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.
— Judith Martin
People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.
— Judith Martin
Why bring children into a world where no one writes letters?
— Judith Martin
When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.
— Judith Martin
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.
— Judith Martin
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[after the death of a loved one] It is when there is nothing more to be done that the reality of the loss often hits with full force.
— Judith Martin
Smart people duck when they hear the dread announcement 'I'm going to be perfectly honest with you.
— Judith Martin
There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.
— Judith Martin
Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.
— Judith Martin
It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.
— Judith Martin
Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.
— Judith Martin
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
— Judith Martin
Question- Should I loan a small amount of money to a friend? Answer- If you are sure that you can, if necessary, spare both.
— Judith Martin
A lot of men got upset at the feminist movement because they had all the toys and we wanted some.
— Judith Martin
It is one of Miss Manners's great discoveries that one needn't contradict others in order to set them straight.
— Judith Martin
The most conventional statements are both true and welcome.
— Judith Martin
There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.
— Judith Martin
It is said that dispensing advice is easy. What is difficult is getting anyone to listen to it.
— Judith Martin
The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.
— Judith Martin
Washington knows that it is not safe to kick people who are down until you find out what their next stop will be.
— Judith Martin
The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it.
— Judith Martin
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.
— Judith Martin
Eating grapes with a knife and fork is not what one would call refined. It is what one would call ludicrous.
— Judith Martin
Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.
— Judith Martin
Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close.
— Judith Martin
We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.
— Judith Martin
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.
— Judith Martin
People will say, 'Seventy isn't old, it's middle-aged,' and I think, middle of what - 140?
— Judith Martin
You don't want to look too chic at a Washington party or people will think you don't have a job worth losing.
— Judith Martin
Everybody's an art critic.
— Judith Martin
When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was a failure.
— Judith Martin
The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.
— Judith Martin
Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.
— Judith Martin
Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.
— Judith Martin
You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.
— Judith Martin
There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.
— Judith Martin
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
— Judith Martin
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.
— Judith Martin
My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.
— Judith Martin
If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
— Judith Martin
Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers me.
— Judith Martin
What is Thanksgiving without a nutty relative?
— Judith Martin
If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.
— Judith Martin
Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.
— Judith Martin
Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument.
— Judith Martin
When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.
— Judith Martin
Greece is a good place for rebirths.
— Judith Martin
Try not to annoy your relatives unnecessarily.
— Judith Martin
Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards.
— Judith Martin
Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.
— Judith Martin
When you consider how epidemic boredom is in our time, you have to concede that entertaining is a healing art.
— Judith Martin
Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.
— Judith Martin
Being polite does not mean being mummified.
— Judith Martin
The etiquette question that troubles so many fastidious people New Year's Day is: How am I ever going to face those people again?
— Judith Martin
Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.— Judith Martin
Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.
— Judith Martin
I try to behave myself, and I succeed.
— Judith Martin
