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    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.

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What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced read more

What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact, we must act accordingly.

by Agnes Meyer Found in: Home Quotes,
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

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The house is a castle which the King cannot enter.

The house is a castle which the King cannot enter.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 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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How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
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How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
Still to ourselves in every place consigned,
Our own felicity we make or find.
With secret course, which no loud storms annoy,
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Home Quotes,
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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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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 a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered read more

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Home Quotes,
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Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

by Thomas Campion Found in: Home Quotes,
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