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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."

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.



Emily Post Quotes: "Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self."

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.




Emily Post Quotes: "Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor."

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.



Emily Post Quotes: "If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up, and light-heartedly, courageously, good-temperedly, get ready for the next encounter."

If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up, and light-heartedly, courageously, good-temperedly, get ready for the next encounter.




Emily Post Quotes: "To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business."

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.



Emily Post Quotes: "Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none."

Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none.



Emily Post Quotes: "The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity."

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.




Emily Post Quotes: "Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life."

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.



Emily Post Quotes: "Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations."

Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.



Emily Post Quotes: "Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette."

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.



Emily Post Quotes: "The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness."

The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness.



Emily Post Quotes: ""Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette."

"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.




Emily Post Quotes: "Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others."

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.



Emily Post Quotes: "An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it."

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.



Emily Post Quotes: "A gentleman does not boast about his junk."

A gentleman does not boast about his junk.



Emily Post Quotes: "Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task."

Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.



Emily Post Quotes: "Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned."

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.



Emily Post Quotes: "Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature."

Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature.



Emily Post Quotes: "If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently."

If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently.



Emily Post Quotes: "A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish."

A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.



Emily Post Quotes: "Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority."

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.



Emily Post Quotes: "A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one."

A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.



Emily Post Quotes: "The only occasion when the traditions of courtesy permit a hostess to help herself before a woman guest is when she has reason to believe the food is poisoned."

The only occasion when the traditions of courtesy permit a hostess to help herself before a woman guest is when she has reason to believe the food is poisoned.



Emily Post Quotes: "Never take more than your share - whether of the road in driving your car, of chairs on a boat or seats on a train, or food at the table."

Never take more than your share - whether of the road in driving your car, of chairs on a boat or seats on a train, or food at the table.



Emily Post Quotes: "A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her."

A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.



Emily Post Quotes: "Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens."

Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.



Emily Post Quotes: "Never do anything that is unpleasant to others."

Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.



Emily Post Quotes: "To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies."

To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies.



Emily Post Quotes: "Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!"

Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!



Emily Post Quotes: "Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person."

Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person.



Emily Post Quotes: "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."

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.



Emily Post Quotes: "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."

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.



Emily Post Quotes: "Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved."

Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.



Emily Post Quotes: "Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light."

Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.



Emily Post Quotes: "Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken."

Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken.



Emily Post Quotes: "Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them."

Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.



Emily Post Quotes: "The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from."

The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from.



Emily Post Quotes: "Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating."

Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.



Emily Post Quotes: "Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you.""

Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."



Emily Post Quotes: "Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through."

Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through.



Emily Post Quotes: "Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is serenity of disposition so essential."

Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is serenity of disposition so essential.



Emily Post Quotes: "To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule."

To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.



Emily Post Quotes: "The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation."

The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.



Emily Post Quotes: "No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use."

No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use.



Emily Post Quotes: "The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor."

The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.



Emily Post Quotes: "It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic."

It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.



Emily Post Quotes: "The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for."

The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.



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."

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.



Emily Post Quotes: "The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity Simplicity Sympathy and Serenity."

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity Simplicity Sympathy and Serenity.