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Coleridge says that to bait a mouse-trap is as much as to say to t

Coleridge says that to bait a mouse-trap is as much as to say to the mouse, Come and have a piece of cheese, and then, when it accepts the invitation, to do it to death is a betrayal of the laws of hospitality. – Robert Lynd

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The great ages of prose are the ages in which men shave. The great ages of poetry are those in which they allow their beards to grow. – Robert Lynd

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Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

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Well teach you to drink deep ere you depart. – William Shakespeare

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I have heard people eat most heartily of another mans meat, that is, what they do not pay for. – William Wycherley

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Im sure I dont know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldnt like to. – Oscar Wilde

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Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance. – Henry David Thoreau

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