You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do.
From Judith Martin
When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.
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.
You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.
Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you're giving them.
My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.
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