“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
Paul of Tarsus (5–67) Early Christian apostle and missionary
Hebrews 13:2 http://bible.cc/hebrews/13-2.htm (KJV) <br class="br">Epistle to the Hebrews
“I doubt whether any angel would find me very entertaining. As for myself, if ever I do entertain one it will have to be unawares. When people entertain others without an introduction they generally turn out more like devils than angels.”
Entertaining Angels
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part X - The Position of a HomoUnius Libri
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