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Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities. - John Lothrop Motley 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. - Robert Pollok, Course of Time (bk. VII, l. 69) The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way. - Zac Posen, at the London College of Fashion, in the International Fashion Press Bulletin Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. - Francis Quarles, Emblems (bk. I, Hugo) What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers, A most delicious banquet by his bed, And brave attendants near him when he wakes, Would not the beggar then forget himself? - William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (Lord at induction, i) Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt. - Sorbienne By luxury we condemn ourselves to greater torments than have yet been invented by anger or revenge, or inflicted by the greatest tyrants upon the worst of men. - Sir William Temple Falsely luxurious, will not man awake? - James Thomson (1), Seasons--Summer 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. - Henry David Thoreau Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up. - Orson Welles On the soft bed of luxury, most kingdoms have expired. - Edward Young Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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