Guests Quotes
Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person you d want to have dinner with. [On the subject of Mr. Bean]Guests
Atkinson, Rowan
1955 British-born American Actor Comedian Writer
One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
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Beerbohm, Sir Max
1872-1956 British Actor
Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.
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Chesterfield, Lord
1694-1773 British Statesman Author
Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing.
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Cowper, William
1731-1800 British Poet
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo
1803-1882 American Poet Essayist
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
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Franklin, Benjamin
1706-1790 American Scientist Publisher Diplomat
When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them.
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Goldsmith, Oliver
1728-1774 Anglo-Irish Author Poet Playwright
A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
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Herheri, George
A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly.
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Homer
c 850 - BC Greek Epic Poet
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
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Howe, Edgar Watson
1853-1937 American Journalist Author
Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.
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Hubbard, Kin
1868-1930 American Humorist Journalist
Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.
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Hubbard, Kin
1868-1930 American Humorist Journalist
The first day, a guest; the second, a burden; the third, a pest.
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Laboulaye, Edouard R.
Superior people never make long visits.
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Moore, Marianne
1887-1972 American Poet
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.
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Plautus, Titus Maccius
BC 254-184 Roman Comic Poet
Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all.
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Proverb, Albanian
Fish and guests smell at three days old.
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Proverb, Danish
Sayings of Danish Origin
Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses -- once!
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Wilde, Oscar
1856-1900 British Author Wit