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    When the hornet hangs in the holly hock,
    And the brown bee drones i' the rose,
    And the west is a red-streaked four-o'clock,
    And summer is near its close--
    It's--Oh, for the gate, and the locust lane;
    And dusk, and dew, and home again!

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The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as
well for his defence against read more

The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as
well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his
repose.

by Lord Edward Coke Found in: Home Quotes,
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The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do is destroyed, laid waste or read more

The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do is destroyed, laid waste or eaten within twenty four hours.

by Lady Kasluck Found in: Home Quotes,
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

by Jane Austen Found in: Home Quotes,
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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.

by Gaston Bachelard Found in: Home Quotes,
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Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Home Quotes,
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My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

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My whinstone house my castle is,
I have my own four walls.

My whinstone house my castle is,
I have my own four walls.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Home Quotes,
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I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that
grovel--
Folks prefer in fact a hovel read more

I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that
grovel--
Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls.

by Charles Stuart Calverley Found in: Home Quotes,
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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside.
[Lat., Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.]

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside.
[Lat., Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.]

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