"The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found……" — Emily Post
"The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from."
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29 Quotes by Emily Post
Emily Post has 29 quotes on this site.
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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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Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.
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More Commandment Quotes
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Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.
— Bertolt Brecht
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And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country…
— Sharron Angle
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[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands…
— George Washington
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I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to.…
— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer…
— Charles Spurgeon
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It is the daily; it is the small; it is the cumulative injuries of little people that we are here…
— Learned Hand
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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.
— Learned Hand
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There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can…
— William James
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'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.
— Richard Dawkins
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The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Killing for pleasure is wrong and should be banned. Fox hunting, stag hunting and hare coursing are moral issues. It…
— Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
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