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Judith Martin Biography

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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We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the middle of the night.

Grace, Inconsiderate, Middle, Night, Rude

Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.

Advice, Followed, Gratifying, Should, Sufficiently, Women

The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery.

Civilization, Family, Table, Tables, Television

We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility.

Anonymous, Job, Jobs, Law, Men, Responsibility

It is said that dispensing advice is easy. What is difficult is getting anyone to listen to it.

Advice, Easy, Said, Listen, Dispensing

It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

Help, Humility, Trial, Trials, Women

The only way to enjoy the fun of catching people behaving disgustingly is to have children. One has to keep having them, however, because it is incorrect to correct grown people, even if you have grown them yourself.

Children, Fun, Having, Incorrect, People

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

Advice, Inspirational, Kind, Kindness, Vague

Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards

Benefit, Benefits, Home, People, Receptionists, Serve

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

Discover, Good, Humble, Humility, Qualities, Quality

There is nothing like a good friend to help you out when you are not in trouble.

Friend, Friends, Good Friend, Help, Helping, Nothing

the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.

Express, Gratitude, Obligation, Procrastination, Wait, Waiting

Should you happen to notice that another person is extremely tall or overweight, eats too much or declines convivial drinks, has red hair or goes about in a wheelchair, ought to get married or ought not to be pregnant -- see if you can refrain from bringing these astonishing observations to that person's attention.

Attention, Bringing, Hair, Red

The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.

Excuse, Rude, Way, Women

The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to the outside world. If you offend the head waiter, you can always go to another restaurant. If you offend the person you live with, it's very cumbersome to switch to a different family.

Different, Family, Formality, Manners, Offend, World

There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.

Proper, Questions, Response, Rude, Women

Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.

Alternatives, Dishonesty, Highly, Honesty, Women

many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief at Thanksgiving and probably the only way to get those people to budge.

Football, Guests, People, Relief, Thanksgiving, Watch

Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to being instantly accessible to everyone at all times, and it is the person who refuses to be on call, rather than the importunate caller, who is considered rude.

Allow, Beeper, Caller, People, Rude, Telephones

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.

Congeniality, Fairness, Principles, Respect, Women

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