Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981
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Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
—Rose Macaulay, 1925God walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
—Jane Austen, 1813Men are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BC