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Morality is a private and costly luxury
Morality is a private and costly luxury
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.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
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.
To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his
snuff-box, is like giving a pair read more
To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his
snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that
has never a shirt on his back.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
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.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
