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Every house: temple, empire, school.

—Joseph Joubert, 1800

An exile with no home anywhere is a corpse without a grave.

—Publilius Syrus, 50 BC

God walks among the pots and pans.

—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582

Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.

—Rebecca West, 1912

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

—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903

Men are merriest when they are from home.

—William Shakespeare, 1599

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

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856

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

—Horace, 19 BC

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

—Samuel Johnson, 1771

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

—Charles Dickens, 1843
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