Famous quotes containing the words house and/or sold:
“[They] hired a large house as a receptacle for gentlewomen, who either had no fortunes, or so little that it would not support them. For these they made the most comfortable institution [and] provided [them] with all conveniences for rural amusements, a library, musical instruments, and implements for various works.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“The rich man ... is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)