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~ Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. ~
 ~ Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best for both the body and the mind. ~
~ We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. ~
~ 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. ~
~ Every luxury must be paid for, and everything
is a luxury, starting with being in the world. ~
~ Garrick showed Dr. Johnson his fine house, gardens, statues, pictures, etc., at Hampton Court. "Ah! David, David," said the doctor, "these are
the things which make a deathbed terrible. ~
~ Luxury is a word of uncertain signification, and may be taken in a good as in a bad sense ~
~ Avarice and luxury, those pests which have ever been the ruin of every great state. ~
~ Luxury makes a man so soft that it is hard to please him, and easy to trouble him; so that his pleasures at last become his burden. Luxury is a nice master, hard to be pleased. ~
~ There, in her den, lay pompous luxury,
Stretch'd out at length; no vice could boast such high
And genial victories as she had won;
Of which proud trophies there at large were shown,
Besides small states and kingdoms ruined
Those mighty monarchies that had o'erspread
The spacious earth, and stretch'd their conquering arms
From pole to pole, by her ensnaring charms
Were quite consum'd; there lay imperial Rome,
That vanquish'd all the world, by her o'ercome;
Fetter'd was th' old Assyrian lion there;
The Grecian leopard, and the Persian bear;
With others numberless, lamenting by,
Examples of the power of luxury. ~
~ I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it. ~
~ Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. ~
~ Learn the luxury of doing good ~
~ I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim. ~
~ To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt. ~
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