Judith Martin Quote

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes even more.

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (ed. Scribner, 1982)

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes...

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes...

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes...

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes...