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Fell luxury! more perilous to youth
Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.
Fell luxury! more perilous to youth
Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
Morality is a private and costly luxury
Morality is a private and costly luxury
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no read more
Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.
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.
On his weary couch
Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch,
Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive read more
On his weary couch
Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch,
Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive beam
That through his lattice peeped derisively.