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"Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person that is temperate, industrious, just and valiant, and who uses all his virtues for the public good, it shows a great and lofty mind."
"They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men."
"Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing."
"Destitution and excessive luxury develop apparently the same ideals, the same marauding attitude towards mankind, the intensity of struggle for material goods, -- surely showing how perfect is the meeting of extremes."
"In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny."
"Art is not a luxury, but a necessity."
"I told myself that I would not come back to women's fashion until I felt I had something new to say. I feel that fashion has become too serious and that the actual customer's needs have not really been addressed. Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one's quality of life."
"Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort. To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor."
"A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it."
"Time is the lens through which dreams are captured."
"I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."
"Let us have the luxury of silence."
"Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent."
"Little countries do not have this luxury of defending themselves. We have to do it before the fact, not after the fact"
"A luxury meal was prairie sandwiches - two slices of bread with wide-open spaces between them."
"Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams."
"Like all creatures, humans have made their way in the world by trial and error. Unlike other creatures we have a presence so colossal that error is a luxury we can no longer afford. The world has grown too small to forgive us any big mistakes."
"I drink sherry and wine by myself because I like it and I get the sensuous feeling of indulgence...luxury, bliss, erotic-tinged."
"If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis."
"Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me."
