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> [Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to "play fair" in games, to respect each other's property and rights, to give credit to others, and not to take too much credit to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-post/nothing-appeals-to-children-more-than-justice-and-they-should-be/)

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

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## 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/)

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