"We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man."

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Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1954). “Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette: a guide to gracious living”

Amy Vanderbilt

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“One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.”
“My service solidified my respect for our freedom, and the struggle to preserve it. I know the cost of obtaining freedom, keeping it and the value of it.”
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
“I think the aloe is one of South Africa's most powerful, beautiful and celebratory symbols. It survives out there in the wild when everything else is dried.”
“They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.”
“Entertainers wrongly assume that their fame, money, and influence arise from broad knowledge rather than natural talent, looks, or mastery of a narrow skill.”
“I'd say many features of string theory don't mesh with what we observe in everyday life.”
“Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.”

Source : Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria

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