Maxioms Pet

X
  •   11  /  25  

    Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  12  /  14  

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

  ( comments )
  19  /  30  

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  14  

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

  ( comments )
  10  /  21  

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  16  

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.

by Tom Brown Found in: Apparel Quotes, Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  28  

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

by George William Curtis Found in: Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  21  

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey
in her mouth, gall in her heart, and read more

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey
in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

by Francis Quarles Found in: Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  13  /  17  

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.

by Edward Payson Found in: Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  20  

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt:
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt:
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Luxury Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet