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.

Quote by Emily Post

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

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

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who...

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who...

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a...

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a...

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

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

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who...

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who...

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness,...

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness,...

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living....

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living....

She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not...

She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh...

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh...

Women are strange and incomprehensible, a device invented by Providence to keep the wit of...

Women are strange and incomprehensible, a device invented by Providence to keep the wit of...

Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler...

Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler...

The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies...

The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies...

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at...

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at...

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they...

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they...

A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder...

A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...