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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.
You undergo too strict a paradox,
Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.
You undergo too strict a paradox,
Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
War destroys men, but luxury destroys mankind; at once corrupts the body and the mind.
War destroys men, but luxury destroys mankind; at once corrupts the body and the mind.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things
paradoxical and incomprehensible.
The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things
paradoxical and incomprehensible.
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.
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.
