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Quote by William Cowper
Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those

Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. – William Cowper

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Fish and guests smell at three days old. – Danish proverb

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Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. – Max Beerbohm

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The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again. – Maralee McKee

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A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast. – George Herheri

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