Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Ward McAllister

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Samuel Ward McAllister was a popular arbiter of social taste in the Gilded Age of late 19th-century America. He was widely accepted as the authority as to which families could be classified as the cream of New York society. But his listings were also questioned by those excluded from them, and his own personal motives of self-aggrandisement were noted.

American - Celebrity | 1827 - 1895

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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.

Ward McAllister

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

Ward McAllister

The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts - are fatal.

Ward McAllister

There is but one season of the year when salmon should be served hot at a choice repast; that is in the spring and early summer, and even then it is too satisfying, nut sufficiently delicate. The man who gives salmon during the winter, I care not what sauce he serves with it, does an injury to himself and his guests.

Ward McAllister

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Ward McAllister

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