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Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

—Norman Douglas, 1917

One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BC

For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

—Jane Austen, 1813

Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856

Every house: temple, empire, school.

—Joseph Joubert, 1800

I quit life as from an inn, not as from a home.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44 BC

Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.

—Samuel Johnson, 1771

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in.

—Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1895

Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.

—Fran Lebowitz, 1981

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

—Rose Macaulay, 1925
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