"Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority." — Emily Post
"Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority."
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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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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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Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the…
— Aristotle
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
— Philip James Bailey
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The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of…
— P T Barnum
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Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest…
— Francis Beaumont
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Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.
— John Berger
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Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
— Josh Billings
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
— Aeschylus
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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
— Aeschylus
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Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
— Eubie Blake
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God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.
— Helen Gurley Brown
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