Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.
—Rebecca West, 1912
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At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
—Rose Macaulay, 1925Men are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599Every house: temple, empire, school.
—Joseph Joubert, 1800The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
—Colette, 1944Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856I quit life as from an inn, not as from a home.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44 BCMany a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
—Norman Douglas, 1917Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981