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    The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride;
    The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside;
    The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend;
    This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.

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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an
annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's
house.
[Lat., Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium diverti potest,
Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.]

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My master is of churlish disposition
And little recks to find the way to heaven
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My master is of churlish disposition
And little recks to find the way to heaven
By doing deeds of hospitality.

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Hospitality should have no other nature than love.

Hospitality should have no other nature than love.

by Henrietta Mears Found in: Hospitality Quotes,
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What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

by Aeschylus Found in: Hospitality Quotes,
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Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by;
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Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by;
They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish,--so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
And be a friend to man.

by Sam Walter Foss Found in: Hospitality Quotes,
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So saying, with despatchful looks in haste
She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent.

So saying, with despatchful looks in haste
She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent.

by John Milton Found in: Hospitality Quotes,
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Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were

by Proverb Found in: Hospitality Quotes,
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There is no hospitality like understanding.

There is no hospitality like understanding.

by Vanna Bonta Found in: Hospitality Quotes,
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I am your host.
With robber's hands in my hospitable favors
You should not ruffle thus.

I am your host.
With robber's hands in my hospitable favors
You should not ruffle thus.

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