If you’re a regular morning visitor, you may have noticed we weren’t here with some new quotes this morning. That’s because the company that hosts our site was having a bit of a catastrophe. They were pretty gracious about things, as one would hope a host would be. So today’s quotes are of course about… hosting! And thanks to our current host’s manners, we won’t be looking for the other kind of hosting quotes. See how manners can pay off? This first quote is specifically in honor of a2hosting:

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
-Horace

It’s interesting how the word “host” is often used in conjunction with some kind of hostility…

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
-E.V. Lucas

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.
-James Lovelock

And how much deceit can be involved in the whole affair:

Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.
-Abel Stevens

I don’t think you want too much sincerity in society.
It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.
-W. Somerset Maugham

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson