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
elbows tables eating
Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.
appearance vulgar disguise
Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through.
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.
humor light joy
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.
perfect house attention
In popular houses where visitors like to go again and again, there is always a happy combination of some attention on the part of the hostess and the perfect freedom of the guests to occupy their time as they choose.
lying dishonesty found
The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from.
play honor his-love
The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness.
lying punishment black
To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies.
quality taste faults
The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.
neighbor sensible
To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.
use culinary forks
No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use.
feelings awareness-of-others sensitive
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.
impossible chic
It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.
imagine elegance slang
The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.