Our Friends
Guest Quotes
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We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house. (Quote by - Robert Brault)
I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. (Quote by - Samuel Pepys)
Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
If it were not for guests all houses would be graves. (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)
The first day, a guest; the second, a burden; the third, a pest. (Quote by - Edouard R. Laboulaye)
Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all. (Quote by - Albanian Proverb)
Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest. (Quote by - Kin Hubbard)
Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post. (Quote by - Charles Beresford)
If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. (Quote by - Russian Proverb)
Staying with people consists in your not having your own way, and their not having theirs. (Quote by - Maarten Maartens)
Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure. (Quote by - Portuguese Proverb)
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. (Quote by - Ward McAllister)