HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.
Ambrose Bierce · The Devil's Dictionary
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“HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge…”
- Author
- Ambrose Bierce
- Work
- The Devil's Dictionary
- Year
- 1911
- Chapter / part
- Entry: Hospitality
- Length
- 22 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #972
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