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A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.
Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.
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.
(Macbeth:) Here's our chief guest.
(Lady Macbeth:) If he had been forgotten,
It had been as a read more
(Macbeth:) Here's our chief guest.
(Lady Macbeth:) If he had been forgotten,
It had been as a gap in our great feast,
And all-thing unbecoming.
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.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
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.]
