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Famous Emily Post Quotes
“The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.”
“No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use.”
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.”
“If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently.”
“A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.”
“A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.”
“Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."”
“Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.”
“Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.”
“Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person.”
“It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.”
“Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.”
“Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.”
“An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.”