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Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
 Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its 
necessities.  
 Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its 
necessities. 
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.
 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. 
Morality is a private and costly luxury
Morality is a private and costly luxury
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.