“ We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. ”
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“ Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. ”
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“ There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can the food be omitted. ”
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“ Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. ”
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“ Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. ”
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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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“ What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressad by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and bullied out of any desire form privacy, is not democracy; it is kindergarten. ”
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“ The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution. ”
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“ Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet. ”
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“ There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. ”
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“ We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. ”
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“ There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. ”
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“ We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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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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“ Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one. ”
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“ We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ”
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“ The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal life, complete with noncompetitive leisure, has never really taken hold. ”
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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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“ You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter. ”
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“ Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love lives of strangers and those who do not. ”
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“ Dear miss manners: Some time ago, a lady was dancing with her male friend at the White House and her underslip dropped off on the dance floor, and the lady just kept dancing as if nothing had happened. Was this the proper thing for the lady to do? ”
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