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“To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies.”

Quote by Emily Post

Book:Children are people: how to understand and guide your children

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Children are people: how to understand and guide your children

This book offers insights and practical advice on parenting techniques, focusing on the emotional and psychological needs of children. more

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Emily Post, an American author, was born on October 27, 1872, and passed away on September 25, 1960. She is renowned for her etiquette books, particularly 'Emily Post's Etiquette', which has been the authoritative guide in the field of etiquette since its first publication in 1922. more

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“The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness.”

Play Natural Honor Fairs Impulse Dislike His Love Pretense Fair Play Thoroughbreds Cheapness

Book:Children are People: And Ideal Parents are Comrades

Source: Children are People: And Ideal Parents are Comrades

“The only occasion when the traditions of courtesy permit a hostess to help herself before a woman guest is when she has reason to believe the food is poisoned.”

Believe Reason Helping Tradition Occasions Permit Guests Courtesy Etiquette Hostesses

Author:Emily Post

“To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests.”

Source: Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

“Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is serenity of disposition so essential.”

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Book:Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Source: Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

“The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.”

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Book:Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Source: Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

“Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.”

Certain Values Social Manners Customs Old Fashioned Courtesy Permanence Graciousness Social Values

Book:Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage

Source: Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage

“Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through.”

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Book:ETIQUETTE

Source: ETIQUETTE

“At last, after innumerable glamorous and frightful years, mankind approaches a war which is totally predictable from beginning to end.”

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“[On Senator Everett Dirksen:] His great enemy was boredom and he won every engagement.”

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Author:Mary McGrory

“My friend Phil has a theory that the Lord, having made teenagers, felt constrained to make amends and so created the golden retriever.”

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Book:The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary

Source: The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary