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For whom he means to make an often guest,
One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.
For whom he means to make an often guest,
One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.
To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all
traces of their steps.
To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all
traces of their steps.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
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.
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.
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
