It is the fair acceptance, sir, creates The entertainment perfect; not the cates.
Ben Jonson
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Inviting a Friend to Supper, lines 7–8; Complete sentence/couplet about a guest’s welcome acceptance making hospitality successful, rather than the food (“cates”). Full poem read in MIT OpenCourseWare text; title and authorship corroborated by Poetry Foundation listing. Public domain.
- Inviting a Friend to Supper, lines 7–8
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