"To do exactly as your neighbors do is……" — Emily Post
"To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule."
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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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You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're…
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I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly.
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A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
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Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought…
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Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.
— Honore de Balzac
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There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it…
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Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.
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A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side -…
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I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for…
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Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an…
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when…
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