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Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
The greatest luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
The greatest luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
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.
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.
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
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.