---
title: "2 Housekeeping Beautiful Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Housekeeping Beautiful quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Housekeeping Beautiful sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers_668365.png"
---

> [Housekeeping is not beautiful; it cheers and raises neither the husband, the wife, nor the child; neither the host nor the guest;it oppresses women. A house kept to the end of prudence is laborious without joy; a house kept to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers-and-raises-neither-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers_668365.png)

> [The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must bestripped, and our lives must be stripped, and beautiful housekeeping and beautiful living laid for a foundation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-cart-before-the-horse-is-neither-beautiful-nor-useful-before-we/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/henry-david-thoreau-20_beautiful_the-cart-before-the-horse-is-neither-bea_3027439.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/#itemlist",
            "name": "Housekeeping Beautiful Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Housekeeping is not beautiful; it cheers and raises neither the husband, the wife, nor the child; neither the host nor the guest;it oppresses women. A house kept to the end of prudence is laborious without joy; a house kept to the end of display is impossible to all but a few women, and their success is dearly bought.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers-and-raises-neither-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers_668365.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers_668365.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers_668365.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Housekeeping is not beautiful; it cheers and raises neither the husband, the wife, nor the child; neither…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must bestripped, and our lives must be stripped, and beautiful housekeeping and beautiful living laid for a foundation.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Henry David Thoreau"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-cart-before-the-horse-is-neither-beautiful-nor-useful-before-we/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/henry-david-thoreau-20_beautiful_the-cart-before-the-horse-is-neither-bea_3027439.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/henry-david-thoreau-20_beautiful_the-cart-before-the-horse-is-neither-bea_3027439.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/henry-david-thoreau-20_beautiful_the-cart-before-the-horse-is-neither-bea_3027439.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful…” — Henry David Thoreau",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/",
            "name": "Housekeeping Beautiful Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_housekeeping-is-not-beautiful-it-cheers_668365.png"
            },
            "description": "Browse 2 Housekeeping Beautiful quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Housekeeping Beautiful sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Housekeeping Beautiful Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housekeeping-beautiful/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```