That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Israel, the Israelis, and the rest of the world have been brainwashed. They don't think of pre-1948, they have no idea Palestinians… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
Suburbia is the insidious cartoon of the country house in a cartoon of the country. — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the… — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
The goodnesses you do will beautifully cover you like the beautiful flowers covering a country house! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
My interest in society - at times so pronounced that the word 'snob' comes a little to mind - derives from the… — Frank Crowninshield Copy Share Image
My mom just recently reminded me that I used to build these little miniature worlds outside at our country house and populate… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not… — Thomas Nashe Copy Share Image
Californians have brought suburb-making almost to an art. Their cities and their country-side are equally suburban. No-one has a country house in… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
To turn off your phone when you go to your country house or you're on vacation for a few days is important.… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
A country house is not the same as a house in a country and a hotel in the country is not the… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I don't think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you're trying to gamble on that, you've very foolish. — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
In virtually every Continental state at this time, aristocracies had to live with the risk that their property might be pillaged or… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
