Abigail Adams Quote

To be attentive to our guests is not only true kindness, but true politeness: for if there is a virtue which is its own reward, hospitality is that virtue. We remember slight attentions, after we have forgotten great benefits...

Journal and Correspondence of Miss Adams, Daughter of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Written in France and England, in 1785 (1841 edition)

To be attentive to our guests is not only true kindness, but true politeness: for if there is a virtue which is its own reward, hospitality is that...

To be attentive to our guests is not only true kindness, but true politeness: for if there is a virtue which is its own reward, hospitality is that...

To be attentive to our guests is not only true kindness, but true politeness: for if there is a virtue which is its own reward, hospitality is that...

To be attentive to our guests is not only true kindness, but true politeness: for if there is a virtue which is its own reward, hospitality is that...