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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.
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.
Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
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.
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.
