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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

— Sai Baba

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.

— Ambrose Bierce

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.

— E. M. Forster

Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.

— Steve Tisch

Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

— Kevin McCloud

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.

— Marilyn Monroe

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think of real estate as a little bit like cooking or like art.

— Jerry Speyer

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.

— Sean Pertwee

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

— Stephen Gardiner