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    Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day

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If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have read more

If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have done this? we have no enemies.".

by Phyllis Diller Found in: Housework Quotes,
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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any read more

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

by Quentin Crisp Found in: Housework Quotes,
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I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

by Shirley Conran Found in: Housework Quotes,
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance

by Erma Bombeck Found in: Housework Quotes,
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I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

by Phyllis Diller Found in: Housework Quotes,
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At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

by Rose Macaulay Found in: Housework Quotes,
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Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it

by Evan Esar Found in: Housework Quotes,
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The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's read more

The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number--a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.

by Crystal Eastman Found in: Housework Quotes,
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People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal read more

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

by Margaret Mahy Found in: Housework Quotes,
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