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Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
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.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
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.
Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up
Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up
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.
The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be
a dirty sock if dressed up in the read more
The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be
a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.