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Aeschylus1 quote
For where is goodwill greater than from guest to host? — Aeschylus · 458 BCAristotle1 quote
The guest will judge better of a feast than a cook. — Aristotle · 350 BCBenjamin Franklin1 quote
Fish and Visitors stink after three days. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Francis Bacon1 quote
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon · 1625Homer1 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 · 2000Lt. Frank Drebin1 quote
Protecting the safety of the Queen is a task that is gladly accepted by Police Squad. No matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us, as Americans, we must be gracious and considerate hosts. — Lt. Frank Drebin · 1988Max Beerbohm1 quote
Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. — Max Beerbohm · 1920Pleusicles1 quote
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. — Pleusicles · 200 BCRalph Waldo Emerson1 quote
Happy is the house that shelters a friend. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841