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Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got th

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

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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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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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