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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. 
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
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.
 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.] 
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.