Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you… — Emily Post · Smartyfair

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.

Emily Post1873–1960 · writer · 1900s USAEmily Post drove herself across the country from New York to San Francisco in 1915, twenty-seven days with no chauffeur or mechanic along, and wrote about the trip in her only travel book, By Motor to the Golden Gate.2 quotes

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