1 Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mignon McLaughlin, Dependency, domesticity, Gender roles, 0 Mignon McLaughlin Writer Copy
2 The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Comte de Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comfort, domesticity, Independence, 0 Comte de Buffon Copy
3 Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Howell, Art, domesticity, Symbolism, 0 James Howell Writer · England Copy
4 She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves ’em on the window sill Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Hartford, domesticity, Nostalgia, Resilience, 0 John Hartford Musician Copy
5 Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Beauty, domesticity, Femininity, 0 Mary Elizabeth Braddon Author · England Copy
6 When one married a man, it was clear to me, one married also the sink and the stove. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bentley, domesticity, Expectations, Marriage, 0 Phyllis Bentley Author · England Copy
7 Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Darwin, Comfort, domesticity, Leisure, 0 Charles Darwin Naturalist · England Copy
8 The combination of domesticity and wildness – that’s a deep expression Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Tracy Kidder, domesticity, Expression, Wildness, 0 Tracy Kidder Author · USA Copy
9 Any honest housewife would sort them out,/ Having a nose for fish, an eye for apples. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Graves, Discernment, domesticity, Food, 0 Robert Graves Poet · England Copy
10 Silence and chaste reserve is woman’s genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Euripides, Chastity, domesticity, Silence, 0 Euripides Playwright · Greece Copy
11 I hang my laundry on the line when I write. Author, October 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Joni Mitchell, Creativity, domesticity, Productivity, 0 Joni Mitchell Singer-songwriter · Canada Copy
The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation. Read explanation John Adams Lawyer · USA
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say. Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
I never intended to start a new organisation but to share what I knew. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Spiritual Leader · India
