Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris, 1882
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It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BCMen are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
—Colette, 1944One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCAt the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
—Rose Macaulay, 1925The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
—Maya Angelou, 1986Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856God walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582