Great Lady Quotes by Emily Post

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• The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get…
• Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.
• Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an…
• An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.
• Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.
• Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.
• Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet…
• The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.
• Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad…
• The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality…
• A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
• The letter we all love to receive is one that carries so much of the writer’s personality that she seems to be…

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