QUOTE:
“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”
John Howard Payne (1791-1852)
U.S.-born expatriate actor and songwriter
From his song “Home, Sweet, Home” (1823)
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COUNTERQUOTE:
“Though he might be more humble, there is no police like Holmes.”
E.W. Hornung (1866-1921)
British novelist known for his gentleman-burglar Raffles series
Hornung was brother-in-law of the creator of Sherlock Holmes,
Arthur Conan Doyle, who noted the pun in his autobiography