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"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."
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"This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond."

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."

"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."

"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."

"A house may draw visitors but it is the possessor alone that can detain them."

"Don't you love meeting an approachable person? They roll out the proverbial "welcome mat. Their energy and engaging openness make us feel safe. They project the messages, "I'm so glad to meet you. I like you. Tell me more about you. I'm so glad that you're here, without even saying a word."

"Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone."

"In his book, Networking is a Contact Sport, Joe Sweeney advises that when you attend networking events, act as if it is your party and you are the host or hostess. By doing this, you will help others be at ease and demonstrate a heart of service and generosity."

"Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come."

"When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality."
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"Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."

"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment."

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."
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