“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth (12 February 1884, in New York City, NY - 20 February 1980, in Washington D.C), was the only daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee.
 
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. If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
   
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12 January 1867, Once a Week, “Joyce Dormer’s Story” by Jean Boncoeur, pg. 57:
“If you can’t say anything pleasant, don’t say anything at all.”
 
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December 1903, The Smart Set, “Heard on the Beach” by May Isabel Fisk, pg. 136:
I always hold that if you cannot say something good about anybody, don’t say anything at all.
   
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The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi
v. 30
1913
Pg. 130:
If you can’t say something nice — don’t say anything at all! — Sigma Kappa Triangle.
   
20 September 1922, Gettysburg (PA)

, pg. 5, cols. 2-7 cartoon:
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
Wilbur Does a Little Talking
BY ALLMAN
Panel three balloon:
THEY OUGHT TO TAKE A BUNCH OF YOU OLD HENS AND LOCK YOU ALL UP IN THE COOLER FOR A FEW WEEKS!  IF YOU CAN’T SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT PEOPLE DON’T SAY ANYTHING!
 
Intenet Movie Database
Memorable quotes for
Bambi (1942)
Thumper: He doesn’t walk very good, does he?
Mrs. Rabbit: Thumper!
Thumper: Yes, mama?
Mrs. Rabbit: What did your father tell you this morning?
Thumper: [clears throat] If you can’t say something nice… don’t say nothing at all.
   
OCLC WorldCat record
If you can’t say anything nice, say it in Yiddish : the book of Yiddish curses and insults
Author: Lita Epstein
Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Pub., ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : English