House/construction

Famous quotes containing the words house and/or construction:

“Then for the house that is no more a house,
But only a belilaced cellar hole,”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)