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Quote by William Wycherley
I have heard people eat most heartily of another mans meat, that i

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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For your own sake you should give her a new gown; for variety of dresses rouses desire, and makes an old mistress seem every day a new one. – William Wycherley

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Clothing
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William Wycherley
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Wit is more necessary than beauty and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it. – William Wycherley

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Hospitality
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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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Hospitality

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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Hospitality

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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Hospitality

And with our broth, and bread, and bits, sir friend,
Youve fared well : pray make an end ;
Two days youve larded here ; a third, ye know,
Makes guests and fish smell strong ; pray go – Robert Herrick

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Hospitality

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I dont want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. – Haruki Murakami

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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot

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