Quote by Washington Irving
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, w

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. – Washington Irving

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The great British Library — one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought. – Washington Irving

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Peoples backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. – John Betjeman

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I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other peoples lands. – V. S. Naipaul

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With all the hundreds of dresses and shoes I have, it would be an absolute crime if I dont have a little girl. I have a whole room at home filled with my stage wear. – Katherine Jenkins

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Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart’s tears can dry at their own pace. – Vernon Baker

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