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Emily Post

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Quotes by Emily Post

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To do exactly as your neighbor's do is the only sensible rule.
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Despite the tremendous popularity that gum has enjoyed, many view the chewing habit negatively and as a poor reflection of U.S. culture.
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Young people must understand that watching someone chew gum is, as older generations say, 'like watching a cow chew its cud.'
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Cracking gum, smacking it, or chomping away in a mechanical rhythm can be disturbing or distracting to many people, especially in close quarters. In public, chew gums discretely and dispose of it in a waste receptacle— never on the ground.
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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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The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.
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Good manners reflect something from inside an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.
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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.
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Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise – but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through.
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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.
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