In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been madamed once, by the doorman at the Carlyle Hotel.

Anna Quindlen

Mots clés women politeness usa new-york-city london england miss form-of-address formality madam

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Formality is sufficiently revenged upon the world for being so unreasonably laughed at; it is destroyed, it is true, but it hath the spiteful satisfaction of seeing everything destroyed with it.

George Savile

Mots clés formality

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To dream in doctrines, how tidy!

John Le Carré

Mots clés inspiration rules legalism formality

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