Quote by Emily Post
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If yo

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. – Emily Post

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Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes — in other words, essential! – Emily Post

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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. – Emily Post

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Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. – Emily Post

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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. – Malcolm Bradbury

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Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own. – John Wanamaker

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Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. – Stephen Bayley

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Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic. – Michael Shermer

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To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame to copy faults is want of sense. – Charles Churchill

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Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read. – Groucho Marx

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