Judith Martin Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

  Judith Martin

  Criticism, Firsts, Flaws

• Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.

  Judith Martin

  Honesty, Women, Alternatives

• It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

  Judith Martin

  Women, Humility, Trials

• Visiting the sick is supposed to exhibit such great virtue that there are some people determined to do it whether the sick like it or not. ... All visitors everywhere are supposed to make plans to depart if they observe their hosts visibly wilting or in pain, but this is especially true at hospitals.

  Judith Martin

  Pain, People, Sick

  Judith Martin (1996). “Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: From Sexual Harassment, Frivolous Lawsuits, Dissing, and Other Lapses in Civility”, Crown

• Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or less skill, for laudable or for evil purposes, to express a great variety of ideas and emotions. In itself, it carries no moral value, but ignorance in use of this tool is not a sign of virtue.

  Judith Martin

  Ignorance, Skills, Ideas

  Judith Martin (1996). “Common courtesy: in which Miss Manners solves the problem that baffled Mr. Jefferson”

• Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.

  Judith Martin

  Hypocrisy, Sin, Virtue

  Judith Martin (2002). “Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

• Honesty is a virtue, but not the only one. If you're in a courtroom you need the whole truth and nothing but the truth; in the living room, sometimes you need anything but. Often.

  Judith Martin

  Honesty, Needs, Rooms

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