God walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582
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It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BCAn American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it before the roof is on.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing’s as eternal as the dishes.
—Margaret Mahy, 1985Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
—Norman Douglas, 1917Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris, 1882Men are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599An exile with no home anywhere is a corpse without a grave.
—Publilius Syrus, 50 BCHome is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903