HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. (Ambrose Bierce)

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

Ambrose Bierce

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