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Quotes of the Day for 13 September 2004 - Manners

Judith Sylvia Perlman was born at Washington City on this day in 1938. She grew up there and in various foreign capitals, her father was an economist with the United Nations. She graduated from Wellesley College, and went to work for the Washington Post. She started as a reporter, then became a theatre and movie critic, and after becoming Judith Martin was a founding member of the Post's Style section. In 1978 she started taking questions from readers on the subject of etiquette under the byline Miss Manners.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
     - Amy Vanderbilt

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
     - Emily Post

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
     - John Vanbrugh

We are all born charming, frank, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
     - Judith Martin

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
     - Rita Mae Brown

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.
     - Judith Martin

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