---
title: "1 Coffee People Quotes By Emily Post"
description: "1 Coffee People quotes by Emily Post. Plus more from Emily Post and more Coffee People sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/emily-post-9638_coffee_an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-o_150872.png"
---

> [An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-of-sugar-in-coffee-only-a-very/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/emily-post-9638_coffee_an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-o_150872.png)

## More by Emily Post

> [Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/manners-are-a-sensitive-awareness-of-the-feelings-of-others/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/manners-are-a-sensitive-awareness-of-the-feelings-of-others-if-you/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-of-sugar-in-coffee-only-a-very/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [“Persons under the shock of genuine affliction are not only upset mentally but are all unbalanced physically. No matter how calm and controlled they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/persons-under-the-shock-of-genuine-affliction-are-not-only-upset/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/a-little-praise-is-not-only-merest-justice-but-is-beyond-the-purse-of/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/to-make-a-pleasant-and-friendly-impression-is-not-only-good-manners/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/manners-are-made-up-of-trivialities-of-deportment-which-can-be-easily/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/training-a-child-is-exactly-like-training-a-puppy-a-little-heedless/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/one-very-great-annoyance-in-open-air-gatherings-is-cigar-smoke-when/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [Excepting a religious ceremonial, there is no occasion where greater dignity of manner is required of ladies and gentlemen both, than in occupying a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/excepting-a-religious-ceremonial-there-is-no-occasion-where-greater/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [“The most advertised commodity is not always intrinsically the best; but is sometimes merely the product of a company, with plenty of money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/the-most-advertised-commodity-is-not-always-intrinsically-the-best/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/she-must-not-swing-her-arms-as-though-they-were-dangling-ropes-she/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/to-be-a-good-sportsman-one-must-be-a-stoic-and-never-show-rancor-in/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little intrinsic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/houses-without-personality-are-a-series-of-walled-enclosures-with/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

> [Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/manners-are-made-up-of-trivialities-of-deportment-which-can-be-easily-2/)

[Emily Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-post/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Coffee People Quotes By Emily Post",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Emily Post"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-of-sugar-in-coffee-only-a-very/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/emily-post-9638_coffee_an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-o_150872.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/emily-post-9638_coffee_an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-o_150872.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/emily-post-9638_coffee_an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-o_150872.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.” — Emily Post",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/",
            "name": "Coffee People Quotes by Emily Post",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/emily-post-9638_coffee_an-overdose-of-praise-is-like-10-lumps-o_150872.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Coffee People quotes by Emily Post. Plus more from Emily Post and more Coffee People sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Coffee People",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Emily Post",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee-people/emily-post/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```