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You are a king
by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
-- Miguel De Cervantes
1547-1616, Spanish Novelist,
Dramatist, Poet
A man's home
is his wife's castle.
-- Alexander Chase
The poorest
man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the
Crown. It may be frail -- its roof may shake -- the wind may
blow through it -- the storm may enter -- the rain may enter
-- but the King of England cannot enter! -- all his forces
dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
-- William Pitt The Elder,
Lord Chatham
1708 -1778, British Statesman
Home -- that
blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most
perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as
on an angel's wings.
-- Lydia M. Child
1802-1880, American
Abolitionist, Writer, Editor
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We shape our
dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.
-- Winston Churchill
1874-1965, British Statesman,
Prime Minister
There is no
place more delightful than one's own fireplace.
-- Marcus T. Cicero
c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman
Orator, Politician
In the matter
of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far
worse than ugliness.
-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
1873-1954, French Author
Going home
must be like going to render an account.
-- Joseph Conrad
1857-1924, Polish-born
British Novelist
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