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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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“To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals.”
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“In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs.”
― The Age of Innocence
― The Age of Innocence
“Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.”
― Pippi Longstocking
― Pippi Longstocking
“Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.”
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“Try to be polite."
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite.”
― The Orphan Queen
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite.”
― The Orphan Queen
“The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter
society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no
matter how unjust and rudely delivered, can validate a man who fails
to treat a woman with anything less than utmost courtesy."
The boys hung on his every word. He glanced in her direction.
"I have met some incredibly unpleasant women, and I have never failed
in this duty. But I must admit: your sister may prove my undoing.”
― On the Edge
society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no
matter how unjust and rudely delivered, can validate a man who fails
to treat a woman with anything less than utmost courtesy."
The boys hung on his every word. He glanced in her direction.
"I have met some incredibly unpleasant women, and I have never failed
in this duty. But I must admit: your sister may prove my undoing.”
― On the Edge
“A hat should be taken off when greeting a lady, and left off the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.”
― Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
― Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said.”
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“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.”
― Oops! Did I Really Post That
― Oops! Did I Really Post That
“The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.”
― Fifteen
― Fifteen
“It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“Gift giving is a true art.
1. You need to understand the person to whom you intend to give the gift.
2. You need to know what they truly want.
3. You must be able to give it to them.
Anything less is a symptom of varying degrees, on your part, of ignorance, distance, or insult.
But if you cannot afford the right gift, telling the person what you would do if you could, justifies everything—as you present that not-so-perfect substitute.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
1. You need to understand the person to whom you intend to give the gift.
2. You need to know what they truly want.
3. You must be able to give it to them.
Anything less is a symptom of varying degrees, on your part, of ignorance, distance, or insult.
But if you cannot afford the right gift, telling the person what you would do if you could, justifies everything—as you present that not-so-perfect substitute.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
“Thou shalt not use the 140 characters limit as an excuse for bad grammar and/or incorrect spelling.”
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“Be a person that others will look for your posts daily because they know you will encourage them. Be the positive one and help others to have a great day and you will find that not only they like you but you will like you too.”
― Oops! Did I Really Post That
― Oops! Did I Really Post That
“If there are to be rules, they must be articulable and defensible, like etiquette. I do not do anything simply because my family did it. I do things because they make sense, and because they are elegant.”
― Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
― Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
“In peacetime some sort of introduction is generally required to make a person's acquaintance; in war a small eatable will perform the same office.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Miss Grantham ordered me to my room and told me no man would ever wish to marry me if I did not learn to behave like a lady. But Miss Grantham always behaves like a lady, and no man has ever wished to marry her, either, so if it really makes no difference in the end, I don’t see why I shouldn’t at least have fun!”
― A Dead Bore
― A Dead Bore
“Why would you turn right on a red light when we can all just sit here behind you waiting to die... #AHOLE”
― An A-Hole Goes To Work
― An A-Hole Goes To Work
“Let your internet engagement show your inner beauty through online actions with Netiquette. NetworkEtiquette.net”
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“A lady knows whether she has the figure to wear tight clothing. She knows that just because an item of clothing comes in her size does not mean she should wear it.”
― How to Be a Lady: A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy
― How to Be a Lady: A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy
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