A house is not a home. Here are some proverbs and quotes about homes and houses.

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A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle.
A lonely person is at home everywhere.
Ah! there is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
Jane AustenAlthough the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.
An Englishman's home is his castle.
At home an Englishman feels safe and can do what he wants.Away from home the girl picks forbidden fruit.
Better a stupid wife than a mess at home.
Better than a banquet somewhere else is a good cup of tea and a bowl of rice at home.
Charity begins at home.
Care for your own family before thinking of others.Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Matsuo BashoGo abroad and you'll hear news of home.
Happy is the home with at least one cat.
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can't buy. That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
John DenverHome is where the heart is.
Home is the place where your loved ones are.Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.
Marjorie Pay HinckleyHomes among homes and grapevines among grapevines.
How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Bob DylanHow does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
I came to your shore as a stranger, I lived in your home as a guest, I leave your threshold as a friend, my earth.
Rabindranath TagoreI didn't think there was anything in the universe more important than homework.
J.K. RowlingSource: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Quoted: Ron
I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.
Charlie WattsI'm really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow... I stay at home and watch the river flow.
George HarrisonIf I take one more step it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been.
J.R.R. TolkienSource: Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
If you are eager to be in the shadow, leave your axe at home.
If you are going into the wood -- don't leave your axe at home.
In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
Woody AllenIt's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
Lewis GrizzardJust a perfect day
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later a movie, too
And then home
Lou ReedFeed animals in the zoo
Then later a movie, too
And then home
Source: Perfect Day Lyrics (Transformer Album)
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
SenecaMen make houses, women make homes.
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Gary SnyderPeople travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.
Dagobert D. RunesReturning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.
Cindy RossSing me back home before I die
Merle HaggardSource: Lyrics: Sing Me Back Home
The idea of just sitting at home on Facebook worries me. I think we should all get out more.
Irvine WelshThe moon rested right above the mountains, a place I call home.
Daniel WallockThousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.
John MuirWhat can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
Mother TeresaWhen you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
Thornton Wilder