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Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
It is impossible to overdo luxury
It is impossible to overdo luxury
Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us read more
Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us into a fatal slumber while it sucks the lifeblood of our veins.
What think you, if he were conveyed to bed,
Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,
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What think you, if he were conveyed to bed,
Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,
A most delicious banquet by his bed,
And brave attendants near him when he wakes,
Would not the beggar then forget himself?
The greatest luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
The greatest luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
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.
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.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind
