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There is no happiness in life, there is no misery, like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a Home.

— Edwin Hubbell Chapin Humanity in the City (1854)

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Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Living Words (1860)

Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.

Living Words (1860)

Pride is the master-sin of the devil; and the devil is the father of lies.

Living Words (1860)

An aged Christian, with the snow of time on his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest that are nearest heaven.

Living Words (1860)

[N]ever does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

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A man's house is his castle — et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium.

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The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

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