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I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are arbitrary and different in different times, different situations, different cultures.
Judith Martin
Judith Martin
Judith Martin
Born: Sep 13, 1938

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Manners, Distinction, Rules, Arbitrary, Between, Particular, Make, Principles, Cultures, Times, Situations, Different, Which, Eternal, Different Cultures, Etiquette, Different Times, Universal

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