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Age of Enlightenment2 quotes
Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place. — Samuel Johnson · 1771Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground. — Alexander Pope · 1700Classical antiquity1 quote
What is more agreeable than one's home? — Cicero · 46 BCSpanish Golden Age1 quote
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605The Renaissance1 quote
The house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose — Edward Coke · 1603