"The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages."

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Source : Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

Stephen Gardiner

#Dwelling Quotes #House Quotes #Age Quotes

“In the daytime, you act the way you should act because that is what people pay you for, or want from you.”
“Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”
“Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together." That was stretching it a bit, since all Charlotte had done was give Sarah lessons in how to avoid fortune hunters, thus ensuring that the recalcitrant girl went right out and married the first one who approached her.”
“I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia.”
“I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.”
“So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.”
“Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.”
“Playing girls is cool, but its a lot more fun playing boys.”

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