Ward McAllister quotes
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“A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.”
-- Ward McAllisterSource : Ward McAllister (1890). “Society as I Have Found it”
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“There is but one season of the year when salmon should be served hot at a choice repast; that is in the spring and early summer, and even then it is too satisfying, nut sufficiently delicate. The man who gives salmon during the winter, I care not what sauce he serves with it, does an injury to himself and his guests.”
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“The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts - are fatal.”
-- Ward McAllisterSource : Ward McAllister (1890). “Society as I Have Found it”
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“A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.”
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