WIST Quotations

Thoreau, Henry David -- Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 6 “Visitors” (1854)

Dave — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:57:47 +0000

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. When visitors came in larger and unexpected numbers, there was but the third chair for them all, but they generally economized the room by standing up.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 6 “Visitors” (1854)
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Butcher, Jim -- Skin Game (2014)

Dave — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:26:55 +0000

Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.

Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Skin Game (2014)

Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book 19. Letter to the Hebrews 13: 2 (Heb 13:2) [KJV (1611)]

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

[τῆς φιλοξενίας μὴ ἐπιλανθάνεσθε διὰ ταύτης γὰρ ἔλαθόν τινες ξενίσαντες ἀγγέλους.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Book 19. Letter to the Hebrews 13: 2 (Heb 13:2) [KJV (1611)]
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(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:

Remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this, some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
[JB (1966); NJB (1985)]

Remember to welcome strangers in your homes. There were some who did that and welcomed angels without knowing it.
[GNT (1976)]

Don’t neglect to open up your homes to guests, because by doing this some have been hosts to angels without knowing it.
[CEB (2011)]

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]