ProverbHuman NatureItalian origin

Casa mia, casa mia, per piccina che tu sia, tu mi sembri una badia

Meaning: However humble, your own home is the best place.

Literally: My home, however small, seems an abbey to me

Example: “Dopo un mese in albergo, che bello tornare: casa mia, casa mia, per piccina che tu sia, tu mi sembri una badia.” — After a month in hotels, it's so good to be back: there's no place like home.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 3 more languages

  • English: There's no place like home
  • French: Rien ne vaut son chez-soi (literally: Nothing is worth one's home)
  • Spanish: Hogar, dulce hogar (literally: Home, sweet home)
  • Japanese: 住めば都 (Sumeba miyako) (literally: Where you live becomes the capital)
  • German: Eigener Herd ist Goldes wert (literally: One's own hearth is worth gold)
  • Dutch: Oost west, thuis best (literally: East, west, home is best)
  • Russian: В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше (V gostyakh khorosho, a doma luchshe) (literally: Visiting is nice, but home is better)
  • Polish: Wszędzie dobrze, ale w domu najlepiej (literally: It's good everywhere, but best at home)

Origin: A rhyming couplet: my home, my home, however small you are, to me you seem an abbey.

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