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 No, truly, 'tis more than manners will;
 And I have heard it said, unbidden guests
  Are often read more 
 No, truly, 'tis more than manners will;
 And I have heard it said, unbidden guests
  Are often welcomest when they are gone. 
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
 You must come home with me and be my guest;
 You will give joy to me, and I will read more 
 You must come home with me and be my guest;
 You will give joy to me, and I will do
  All that is in my power to honour you. 
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
 Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
 [Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]  
 Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
 [Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.] 
 Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers
 Sweet courteous things unsaid.
  We two have talked our read more 
 Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers
 Sweet courteous things unsaid.
  We two have talked our hearts out to the embers,
   And now go hand in hand down to the dead. 
 See, your guests approach.
 Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,
  And let's be red with mirth.  
 See, your guests approach.
 Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,
  And let's be red with mirth. 
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.