Guests Quotes - Page 7
William Cowper, Robert Southey (1854). “The Works of William Cowper: Letters, 1788-1799. Papers in the Connoisseur. Letter from an owl to a bird of paradise. Fragment of an intended commentary on Paradise lost. Account of the treatment of his hares”, p.334
Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.
Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.332
Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.
Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.3775, Delphi Classics
Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.
Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1912). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”
Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.486, Simon and Schuster
Lesley Kagen (2010). “Tomorrow River”, p.24, Penguin