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Benjamin Franklin2 quotes
Fish and Visitors stink after three days. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736If you’d lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him money. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Aeschylus1 quote
For where is goodwill greater than from guest to host? — Aeschylus · 458 BCAlexander Sebastian1 quote
An old friend is never an extra guest. — Alexander Sebastian · 1946Edgar Allan Poe1 quote
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1845Homer1 quote
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go. — Homer · 700 BCJack Byrnes1 quote
I'm a realist. I understand it's the 21st century and you've probably had premarital relations with my daughter. But under our roof, it's my way or the Long Island Expressway. Is that understood? — Jack Byrnes · 2000Pleusicles1 quote
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. — Pleusicles · 200 BCWilliam Shakespeare1 quote
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone. — William Shakespeare · 1592