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On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
Morality is a private and costly luxury
Morality is a private and costly luxury
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.
Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up
Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
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
Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my
friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: read more
Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my
friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give us
the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."
