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| If it were not for guests all houses would be graves. ~ Kahlil Gibran |
| If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~ Russian Proverb |
| I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn’t forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn’t take anything that is mine. ~ Alfred North Whitehead |
| Staying with people consists in your not having your own way, and their not having theirs. ~ Maarten Maartens |
| Visits always give pleasure – if not the arrival, the departure. ~ Portuguese Proverb |
| The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. ~ Author Unknown |
| Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. ~ Victor Borge |
| Visitor’s footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~ African Proverb |
| We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. ~ Samuel Pepys |
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| We labor to make a house a home, then every time we’re expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house. ~ Robert Brault |
| Very sorry can’t come. Lie follows by post. ~ Charles Beresford |
| Fish and visitors smell in three days. ~ Benjamin Franklin |
| A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. ~ Ward McAllister |
| Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. ~ Ambrose Bierce, |
| Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~ Author Unknown |