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Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime
Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are,
and silently as they throw their silken chains about read more
Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are,
and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart,
enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Sofas 'twas half a sin to sit upon,
So costly were they; carpets, every stitch
Of workmanship read more
Sofas 'twas half a sin to sit upon,
So costly were they; carpets, every stitch
Of workmanship so rare, they make you wish
You could glide o'er them like a golden fish.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
