• Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. hospitality
2. yourself
3. greatest
4. distance
5. alley

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Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance. by : Henry David Thoreau

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