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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.
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
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.
It is impossible to overdo luxury
It is impossible to overdo luxury
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to read more
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they read more
It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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.
