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Vote: | Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. |
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Vote: | 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. |
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Vote: | She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not shout; and she must not, while wearing her bridal veil, smoke a cigarette. |
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Vote: | To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule. |
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Vote: | To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a "home" might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation. |
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Emily Post (3 October, 1873 - 25 September, 1960) was a United States newspaper and book writer who promoted proper etiquette.
Post was born as Emily Price in Baltimore, Maryland.
She wrote in various styles including humorous travel books early in her career. In 1922 her book "Etiquette" was a best seller, and updated versions continued to be popular for decades.
In 1946, she founded The Emily Post Institute which continues her work.
She was born into a wealthy family and started her literary career as a novelist.
Peggy Post, Emily's great-granddaughter-in-law is the current spokesperson for The Emily Post Institute - and writes etiquette advice for Good Housekeeping magazine.
External links *Emily Post official website
...(more on Wikipedia)
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