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Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - read more
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.
To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his
snuff-box, is like giving a pair read more
To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his
snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that
has never a shirt on his back.
There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.
There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
