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

—Fran Lebowitz, 1981

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

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856

Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.

—George Bernard Shaw, 1903

The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.

—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903

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

—Rose Macaulay, 1925

God walks among the pots and pans.

—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

—Charles Dickens, 1843

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

—Jane Austen, 1813

Men are merriest when they are from home.

—William Shakespeare, 1599

It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.

—Horace, 19 BC
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