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Emily Post has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.
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An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.
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Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.
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The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality…
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A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
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Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an…
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Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.
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