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"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."
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"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."
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"Hostess with the Mostest"Think of a time when you have had a party in your home or had friends over for dinner. Didn't you want to make sure they were nurtured, cared for, and well-taken care of? Didn't you want your guests to interact with each other and enjoy the experience so they would remember it fondly?"
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"Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone."
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"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."
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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."
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"House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad."
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"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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"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."
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"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."
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"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."
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"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."
Success

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

"Fidelity is the sister of justice."
Family

"Subdue your passion or it will subdue you."
Passion

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"
Soul

"Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings."
Death

"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."
Fool

"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."
Hate

"The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable."
Act

"Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious."
People
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