Coleridge says that to bait a mouse-trap is as much as to say to the mouse, 'Come and have a piece of cheese,' and then, when it accepts the invitation, to do it to death is a betrayal of the laws of hospitality.
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So I missed the wedding, huh? I didn't get an invitation. What's up with that?
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I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.
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For mine is a generation that circles the globe in search of something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite, and never outstay your welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience, and if it hurts, you know what? It was probably worth it.
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A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.
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The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
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The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.
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There were a number of bands that were unable to accept our invitation, ... It is a sacrifice for them to come here.
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The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.
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Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.
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