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
writing thinking awkward
Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none.
self consideration manners
Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.
honor important use
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
attitude character personality
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality - the outward manifestation of one's innate character and attitude toward life.... Etiquette must, if it is to be of more than trifling use, include ethics as well as manners. Certainly what one is, is of far greater importance than what one appears to be.
inspirational motivational hurt
If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life - this is also 'playing' the game!
book hands might
"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.
feelings awareness-of-others use
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.
truth honesty coffee
An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.