Emily Post
Emily Post
Emily Postwas an American author famous for writing about etiquette...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 October 1872
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
neighbor sensible
To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.
elbows tables eating
Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.
talking persons has-beens
Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person.
self light ability
Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.
littles needs hours
There is a big deposit of sympathy in the bank of love, but don't draw out little sums every hour or so - so that by and by, when perhaps you need it badly, it is all drawn out and you yourself don't know how or on what it was spent.
polite bores rounds
Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."
guests hospitality host
The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality of the hosts.
disappointment demand guests
Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.
golf average games
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.
humor light joy
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.
social-values courtesy manners
Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.
gentleman supper asks
A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.
feelings awareness-of-others sensitive
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.
use culinary forks
No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use.