Life Is Full Of Wonderful Passions That

We Are Born Charming Fresh And Spontaneous And Must Be Civilized Before We Are Fit To Participate In Society.

Miss Manners Does Not Mind Explaining The Finer Points Of Gracious Living, But She Feels That Anyone Without The Sense To Pick Up A Potato Chip And Stuff It In Their Face Should Probably Not Be Running Around Loose On The Streets.

. . . Women Were Brought Up To Have Only One Set Of Manners. A Woman Was Either A Lady Or She Wasn't, And We All Know What The Latter Meant. Not Even Momentary Lapses Were Allowed; There Is No Female Equivalent Of The Boys-will-be-boys Concept.

The Invention Of The Teenager Was A Mistake. Once You Identify A Period Of Life In Which People Get To Stay Out Late But Don't Have To Pay Taxes - Naturally, No One Wants To Live Any Other Way.

What We Have Come To, Through A Combination Of Popular Psychology And Expanding Technology, Is A Presumption That All Our Thoughts And Feelings Are Worth Uttering.