Tea at Trianon: Road Trip Etiquette

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Road Trip Etiquette

A helpful article on how to take good manners with you on the road. (Via Emily Post) Share

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: A great lack of manners on the road. Kind of reminds me of the internet....people say things they never would to one's face....on the road they act in ways they never would face to face. Fortunately, in the area where I reside, people are gracious face to face and on the road.; August 8, 2007 at 9:01:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: People are pretty gracious out where we live, too.; August 8, 2007 at 9:02:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: I live in the south Florida. Unfortunately, Miami was recently named as the city with the worst road rage. I can attest to the rudeness of the drivers here.

Etiquette and manners comes down to simply respecting others and seeing the image of God in them. If we saw Christ in others, we would think twice before treating them rudely in any situation.; August 8, 2007 at 9:09:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: That is very true as well.; August 8, 2007 at 9:14:00 PM EDT