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  Quotes by Post, Emily




Emily Post (27 October 1873 25 September 1960) was a United States author who promoted proper etiquette..

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."

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"To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule."

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"Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory."

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"To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a home might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation."

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