I was recently reminded of this when I stayed with two Scottish friends — I had written it for them as a parting gift on June 8, 2003, shortly before I left the UK for good.
The main message is at first glance complimentary —
Our guests always give us pleasure. But the smaller text below adds, seemingly in a whisper,
Some by coming, others by leaving. I can’t remember where I got this quote from, but if you do a Google search you’ll probably find different variants of it attributed to different people.