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Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

—Norman Douglas, 1917

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

—William Morris, 1882

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in.

—Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1895

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

—Charles Dickens, 1843

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

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856

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

—Fran Lebowitz, 1981

Every house: temple, empire, school.

—Joseph Joubert, 1800

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

—Jane Austen, 1813

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

—Maya Angelou, 1986

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

—Rebecca West, 1912
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