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

—Rebecca West, 1912

Men are merriest when they are from home.

—William Shakespeare, 1599

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

—Fran Lebowitz, 1981

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

People 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, 1985

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

—Colette, 1944

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

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856

One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BC

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

—Charles Dickens, 1843

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

—Samuel Johnson, 1771
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