“My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escurial.”
Family Quotes · Page 2
Honor the people who shaped you with heartfelt family quotes about love, belonging, and the ties that bind. Perfect for sharing at gatherings or simply to say "I love you."
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“Domestic happiness, thou only bliss of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall!”
“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”
“Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster which devours everything, that is, familiarity.”
“Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”
“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.”
“A man may be a fool and not know it—but not if he is married.”
“Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human offspring.”
“The child has a deep longing for the parent to be there as a human being, not as a role.”
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”
“Go where he will, the wise man is at home, his hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.”
“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”
“Mature manhood: that means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.”
“The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds.”
“The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.”