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  • Etiquette is about all of human social behavior. Behavior is regulated by law when etiquette breaks down or when the stakes are high - violations of life, limb, property and so on. Barring that, etiquette is a little social contract we make that we will restrain some of our more provocative impulses in return for living more or less harmoniously in a community.

    "Polite Company". Interview with Hara Estroff Marano, www.psychologytoday.com. March 1, 1998.