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| A house built by a man’s father and a vineyard planted by his grandfather. | 1 |
| A house built by the wayside is either too high or too low. | 2 |
| A house divided against itself cannot stand. | 3 |
| A house ready built never sells for so much as it cost. | 4 |
| A man’s house is his castle. | 5 |
| A wee house has a wide throat. | 6 |
| An Englishman’s house is his castle. | 7 |
| After the house is finished he deserts it. Spanish. | 8 |
| Better an empty house than an ill tenant. | 9 |
| Better one’s house be little one day than too big all the year after. | 10 |
| Every man is master in his own house. Dutch. | 11 |
| God hath often a great share in a little house. | 12 |
| Half a house is half a hell. German. | 13 |
| He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats and warms himself. Spanish. | 14 |
He that buys a house ready wrought
Hath many a pin and nail for naught. | 15 |
| His house stands on my lady’s ground. | 16 |
| How can one pole build a great house. Chinese. | 17 |
| In my own house I am a king. Spanish. | 18 |
| In old houses many mice, in old furs many lice. German. | 19 |
| It is a bad house that hath not a poor man in it. | 20 |
| It is a sad thing when one must warm by his burning house. | 21 |
| My house is my castle. | 22 |
| Set not your house on fire to be revenged of the moon. | 23 |
| Since my house must be burned I will warm myself at it. | 24 |
| Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. Italian, Spanish. | 25 |
| Sour wine, old bacon, and rye bread keep a house rich. Spanish. | 26 |
| The house completed, possession defeated. Italian. | 27 |
| The house of laughter makes a house of woe. Young. | 28 |
| There is a fault in the house, but would you have it built without any? | 29 |
| Were every one to sweep before his own house every street would be clean. Dutch. | 30 |
| Who can speak broader than he that has no house to put his head in? Such may rail against high buildings. Shakespeare. | 31 |
| Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Bible. | 32 |
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