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• The polite thing to do has always been to address people as they wish to be addressed, to treat them in a way they think dignified.
  But it is equally important to accept and tolerate different standards of courtesy, not expecting everyone else to adapt to one's own preferences....
• The polite thing to do has always been to address people as they wish to be addressed, to treat them in a way they think dignified.
  But it is equally important to accept and tolerate different standards of courtesy, not expecting everyone else to adapt to one's own preferences....
• We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
  -- Judith Martin, "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behaviou...
• Barclay: "Do you suppose this has changed the way people think about me?
  LaForge: "Well, to tell you the truth, Reg, we don't know what to think....
• 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....
• If you are rude to your ex-husband's new wife at your daughter's wedding, you will make her feel smug.
  Comfortable. If you are charming and polite, you will make her feel uncomfortable....
• DEAR MISS MANNERS -- When someone brings sweet rolls to work for a treat, is it proper for people to cut them up and leave halves, quarters or eighths on the plate?
  GENTLE READER -- Those who bring sweet rolls to work should not be quartered, much less eighthed....