"Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home."

Home, Love, Folly, Mankind

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"Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home."

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Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Things aren't right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade?"

Bill Maher, American Comedian

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"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"Your body and spirit, subconscious and conscious-every portion of you recognizes home. That is why on the moment of arrival, your entire being relaxes into a contented puddle of joy."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"A home without books is a body without soul."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"One is not to win the world, he has to win the home (family)."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Sometimes home is where the heart is, Eddie thought randomly. I believe that. Old Bobby Frost said home's the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Unfortunately, it's also the place where, once you're in there, they don't ever want to let you out."

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"The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves."

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"And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action."

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"I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process."

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