Household Slaves

Famous quotes containing the words household and/or slaves:

    When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.
    Katharine Whitehorn (b. 1926)

    The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;—and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!
    Frances Burney (1752–1840)