Make sure that you emphasize that the time you're going to be spending together is time that you're looking forward to, because this can look like you don't want to spend that much time with them, start out by saying' we are so looking forward to spending the holiday with you, coming over for dinner,' whatever it is that you guys are going to be doing together, really emphasize how thrilled you are to be doing that.

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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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Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

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To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good mann... by Emily Post

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.

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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.

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Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

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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.

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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.

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Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one... by Emily Post

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.

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Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.

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Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to "play fair" in games, to respect each other's property and rights, to give credit to others, and not to take too much credit to themselves.

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Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.

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The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice--or he is not a gentleman.

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The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.

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Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

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A gentleman does not boast about his junk. by Emily Post

A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

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If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have const... by Emily Post

If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently.

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"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

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Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little intrinsic value, even with much that is shabby and yet they have that inviting atmosphere.

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An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a... by Emily Post

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.

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The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and amusing, you will, if you are wise, do everything you can to make him prefer your house and your table to any other; for where he is, the successful party is also.

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