A Commonplace Book

Category: hospitality...

  • Nowadays the host does not admit you to his health... and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance. (HD Thoreau)
  • Tis better to be hospitable to [a stranger's] good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. (RW Emerson)
  • Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. (W. Irving)
  • Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. (Bible: Peter I)
  • Johnson and Wales and other hospitality training programs
  • hospitality is about compensating/equalizing a stranger and the host
  • hospitality conjures images of throwing good parties, gracious hosts entertaining etiquette, Martha Stewart, and the hospitality services industry

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