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House Quotes by John Ruskin
- When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our God is a…
- Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy better in opening…
- Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied…
- Much of the character of everyman may be read in his house.
- In my house there is no attempt whatever to secure harmonies of colour, or form, or furniture.... I am entirely independent for daily happiness upon…
- I cannot but think it an evil sign of a people when their houses are built to last for one generation only.
- If men lived like men indeed, their houses would be temples -- temples which we should hardly dare to injure, and in which it would…
- Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our…
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- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
- Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. — Jane Austen
- Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman
- Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen? — Teresa of Avila
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has… — Diane Ackerman
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects… — Gaston Bachelard