a man's home is his castle

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Traditional; the sentiment dates back to Roman times: : quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium? : What more sacred, what more strongly guarded by every holy feeling, than a man's own home? : —Cicero In English, see Book 4, Chapter 16 of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England: : And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome, as expressed in the works of Tully; quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium?

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بيت الرجل قصره — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Bengali: পুরুষের বাড়ি তার দুর্গ (puruśer baṛi tar durgo) — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Burmese: ေယာကၤ်ားတစ္ေယာက္ရဲ႕အိမ္ဟာ — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Burmese: လုံျခံဳေႏြးေႏြးမႈရွိတယ္ — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Finnish: kotini on linnani — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• French: charbonnier est maître en sa demeure — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• French: charbonnier est maître chez lui — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• French: cordonnier est maître chez lui — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Hindi: आदमी का घर उसका महल होता है (ādmī kā ghar uskā mahal hotā hai) — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Polish: pan na zagrodzie równy wojewodzie — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Portuguese: a casa de um homem é o seu castelo — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Turkish: Erkeğin evisi onun sarayı — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
• Urdu: آدمی کا گھر اسکا محل ہوتا ہے — proverbial expression of personal privacy and security