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title: "6 Builds House Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [a man who builds a house never really dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mahy/a-man-who-builds-a-house-never-really-dies/)

[Margaret Mahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mahy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/margaret-mahy-9662_architecture_a-man-who-builds-a-house-never-really-di_189473.jpg)

> [When a man has a flower in his life he builds a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/when-a-man-has-a-flower-in-his-life-he-builds-a-house/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/halld-r-laxness-6935_flower_when-a-man-has-a-flower-in-his-life-he-b_408556.png)

> [The will, the will not ever to die, the refusal to resign oneself to death, ceaselessly builds the house of life while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-unamuno/the-will-the-will-not-ever-to-die-the-refusal-to-resign-oneself-to/)

[Miguel de Unamuno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-unamuno/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/miguel-de-unamuno-2211_beats_the-will-the-will-not-ever-to-die-the-re_1816552.jpg)

> [A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/a-man-builds-a-house-in-england-with-the-expectation-of-living-in-it/)

[Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/)

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> [“Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.22”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-viola/unless-the-lord-builds-the-house-its-builders-labor-in-vain-22/)

[Frank Viola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-viola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/frank-viola-32808_lord-builds_unless-the-lord-builds-the-house-its-bui_2295390.jpg)

> [“I think anyone who builds a house without a pole sliding into a secret room is just plain crazy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/obert-skye/i-think-anyone-who-builds-a-house-without-a-pole-sliding-into-a/)

[Obert Skye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/obert-skye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/obert-skye-11388_crazy_i-think-anyone-who-builds-a-house-withou_2780344.png)

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