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.
Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self. - Emily Post
Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.
- Emily Post
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
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
A gentleman does not boast about his junk. - Emily Post
A gentleman does not boast about his junk.
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… - Emily Post
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…
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
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.
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 … - Emily Post
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 …
Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette. - Emily Post
Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.
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
The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.
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 nex… - Emily Post
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 nex…
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