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Quotations
 | In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. — Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 8 likes |
 | What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? — Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer 5 likes |
 | I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 5 likes |
 | There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 4 likes |
 | The most important piece in the house is the garbage can. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 3 likes |
 | A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 3 likes |
 | The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. — Sydney Smith, 1771-1845, British writer & cleric 3 likes |
 | If the sun enters the house, it also enters a little into your soul. — Le Corbusier, 1887-1965, Swiss-French architect 3 likes |
| The house is a machine for living in. — Le Corbusier, 1887-1965, Swiss-French architect 3 likes |
| A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in. — Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet 2 likes |
| An object placed in the center of a room often spoils the room, for it hinders you from standing in the middle. — Le Corbusier, 1887-1965, Swiss-French architect 1 likes |
 | I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass. |
 | Home is where you can go and rest and be nothing. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house. |
| Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen. |
| What modern man wants is a monk’s cell, well lit and heated, with a corner from which he may look at the stars. |
Funny Quotes
 | A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 7 likes |
 | I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house. — Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | A woman should be good for everything at home, but, out of the door, good for nothing. Ένδον μένουσαν την γυναίκα είναι χρεών εσθλήν, θύρασι δ’ αξίαν του μηδενός. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Meleager 8 likes |
Proverbs
 | An Englishman’s home is his castle. 2 likes |
