To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment-are all the blackest of black… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
“Persons under the shock of genuine affliction are not only upset mentally but are all unbalanced physically. No matter how calm and controlled they… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
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… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Excepting a religious ceremonial, there is no occasion where greater dignity of manner is required of ladies and gentlemen both, than in occupying a… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
“The most advertised commodity is not always intrinsically the best; but is sometimes merely the product of a company, with plenty of money to… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
