To Sacrifice The Principles Of Manners, Which Require Compassion And Respect, And Bat People Over The Head With Their Ignorance Of Etiquette Rules They Cannot Be Expected To Know Is Both Bad Manners And Poor Etiquette. That Social Climbers And Twits Have Misused Etiquette Throughout History Should Not Be Used As An Argument For Doing Away With It.

-Judith Martin

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To Sacrifice The Principles Of Manners, Which

Judith Martin

To Sacrifice The Principles Of Manners, Which Require Compassion And Respect, And Bat People Over The Head With Their Ignorance Of Etiquette Rules They Cannot Be Expected To Know Is Both Bad Manners And Poor Etiquette. That Social Climbers And Twits Have Misused Etiquette Throughout History Should Not Be Used As An Argument For Doing Away With It.

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Ignorance

Sacrifice

Compassion

It Has Always Puzzled Me, In My Business, That People Think They Have To Answer Questions, No Matter How Disagreeable Or Dangerous, Just Because They Were Asked. Of Course, We Journalists Would Be Out Of Business If They Didn't.

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