Quotes by Emily Post

Emily Post

“Keep your hands to yourself!” might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

Book

Hands

Might

A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.

Gentleman

Hats

Should

A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.

Justice

Littles

Purses

Alas! it is true: “Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you.”

Alas

Bores

Polite

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

Bread

Essentials

Shoes

Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.

Eating

Elbows

Tables

Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.

Contrary

Etiquette

Presumption

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.

Average

Games

Golf

Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little intrinsic value, even with much that is shabby and yet they have that inviting atmosphere.

Atmosphere

House

Personality

If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently.

Ifs

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Bread

Car

Certain

Champion

Character

Children

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Disguise

Driving

Eating

Elbows

Essentials

Etiquette

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Games

Gentleman

Golf

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Hands

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Quotes by Emily Post

Emily Post

“Keep your hands to yourself!” might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.

A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.

Alas! it is true: “Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you.”

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

Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.

Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.

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.

Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little intrinsic value, even with much that is shabby and yet they have that inviting atmosphere.

If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently.

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