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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: To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishmentare 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: 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: 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: 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: "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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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: 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: Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.

Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.

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: Who does not dislike a "boneless" hand extended as though it were a spray of sea-weed, or a miniature boiled pudding?

Who does not dislike a "boneless" hand extended as though it were a spray of sea-weed, or a miniature boiled pudding?

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: 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: 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: It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.

It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.

Emily Post quotes: To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business.

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

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: 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: 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: A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

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: 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: 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: Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.

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: Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointmentno 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: 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: The best ingredients for likeableness are a happy expression of countenance, an unaffected manner, and a sympathetic attitude.

The best ingredients for likeableness are a happy expression of countenance, an unaffected manner, and a sympathetic attitude.

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: 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 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.