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Judith Martin: Chaperons, even in...

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Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.

Source: Miss Manner's Guide to Rearing Perfect Children
-- Judith Martin, (Sep 13 1938-____), US author, journalist; Miss Manners has written a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette, since 1978.


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