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Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
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.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
It is impossible to overdo luxury
It is impossible to overdo luxury
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt:
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt:
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of read more
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best for both the body and the mind.
