"He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things."
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"The love of indulgence is rooted in the depths of a man's heart. His soul would prefer to share the excessive and unrestrained; but his soul cannot love."
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"No, no, I'm sure, My restless spirit never could endure To brood so long upon one luxury, Unless it did, though fearfully, espy A hope beyond the shadow of a dream."
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"Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury, and pelf in covetousness; but envy can gain nothing but vexation."
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"To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it."
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"The cultivation of compassion is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, if our species is to survive."
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"If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you."
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"It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought ever to be taxed."
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"The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best advantage all the other luxuries and vanities which they possess ... It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."
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"No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep."
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"Luxury is a word of uncertain signification, and may be taken in a good as in a bad sense"
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"Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it engrosses all a man's expense, and leaves no ability for such acts of duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune. The same care and toil that raise a dish of peas at Christmas would give bread to a whole family during six months."
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"I don't have the luxury of doing things privately."
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"Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends"
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"Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the news would be the star, because in most of the programming day, they were the only all-news operation on the air."
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"Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes."
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"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train."
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"Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness."
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"Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself."
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"It is a luxury to be understood."
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