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Emily Post Quotes

«Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.»
«She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not shout; and she must not, while wearing her bridal veil, smoke a cigarette»
«A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one»
Author: Emily Post | About: Praise | Keywords: merest, purse
«Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory»
Author: Emily Post | About: Conversation | Keywords: eloquent, exhibition, oratory
«To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a ''home'' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.»
«Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.»
Author: Emily Post
«The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality of the hosts»
«To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.»
Author: Emily Post
«The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and Serenity.»
Author: Emily Post