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Light unshared is darkness. To be light indeed, it must shine out. It is of the very essence of light, that it is for others.

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Gossip entertains, and it also sustains. In Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion,” the sober heroine, Anne Elliot, pays a visit to ...

I have been accused of competing in the first case and lying by omission in the second. Could you please recommend a polite and kind way to respond? GENTLE READER: This is a case for the improv ...

"I ran my election on who I am ... "I do know, if we don't have truth — not his truth, her truth, oh, my grandmother's truth," she said before raising the pitch of her voice, to say "My ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do you think the phrase “I appreciate you” is a poor substitute for “Thank you”? The phrase seems phony. I would rather be thanked than be told that I am appreciated!

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Sometimes people enthusiastically tell me something they think I don’t know, particularly about my areas of expertise. Saying “I already knew that” sounds condescending. Pretending ...

The mental focus of a true champion is that if you win, you train the next day. And if you lose, you train the next day. It's ...

What can I say instead? GENTLE READER: Just a tight-lipped, “Is who a boy or a girl?” Self-deprecation is not necessary. Nor, Miss Manners uncharacteristically assures you, is making ...