Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.
—Rebecca West, 1912
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Men are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
—Maya Angelou, 1986People 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, 1985In 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, 1856One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCCharity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
—Samuel Johnson, 1771