Careful Quote by Robert Grosseteste

“Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable.”

Robert Grosseteste

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And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.

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Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there.

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