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Morality is a private and costly luxury
Morality is a private and costly luxury
Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us read more
Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us into a fatal slumber while it sucks the lifeblood of our veins.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
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.
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.