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.
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
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 …
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…
A gentleman does not boast about his junk. - Emily Post
A gentleman does not boast about his junk.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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