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Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
 The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,
 The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;
  The chest read more 
 The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,
 The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;
  The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay,
   A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. 
 To make a happy fireside clime
 To weans and wife,
  That's the true pathos and sublime
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 To make a happy fireside clime
 To weans and wife,
  That's the true pathos and sublime
   Of human life. 
Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.
Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.
"Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person.
"Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person.
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the read more
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that read more
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home
He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home