God walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582
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An exile with no home anywhere is a corpse without a grave.
—Publilius Syrus, 50 BCEvery house: temple, empire, school.
—Joseph Joubert, 1800Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris, 1882The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903Men are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in.
—Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1895An American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it before the roof is on.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
—Norman Douglas, 1917For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
—Jane Austen, 1813