“Fish and guests in three days are stale.”
John Lyly (1554–1606) English politician
“Fish and guests in three days are stale.”
Source: Asinaria (The One With the Asses), Act I, scene 3. http://books.google.com/books?id=fo0QAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Quasi+piscis+itidem+est+amator+lenae+nequam+est+nisi+recens%22&pg=PA63#v=onepage
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