"Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the……" — Emily Post
"Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved."
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29 Quotes by Emily Post
Emily Post has 29 quotes on this site.
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The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can…
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Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.
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Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings…
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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…
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Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.
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Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them…
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The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy,…
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Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to…
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The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the…
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A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
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The letter we all love to receive is one that carries so much of the writer’s personality that she seems…
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More Contrary Quotes
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the…
— Hannah Arendt
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But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place…
— Karen Armstrong
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
— Saint Augustine
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive…
— Alain Badiou
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
— Lord Acton
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I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men,…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that…
— Frederic Bastiat
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The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the…
— Kate Adie
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In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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