Quotations on Luxury | Quotations: 15 | Pages: 2
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by Joseph Addison
(May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719) |
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. |
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by Cesare Pavese
(September 9, 1908 - ) |
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world. |
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by Oliver Wendell Holmes
(August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894) |
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries. |
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by William Shakespeare
(April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616) |
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt. |
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by Francis Quarles
(1592 - September 8, 1644) |
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. |
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by Henry David Thoreau
(July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) |
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. |
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by Oliver Goldsmith
(November 10, 1728 - April 4, 1774) |
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree. |
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by Edward Young
(July 3, 1683 - April 5, 1765) |
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired. |
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Authors with quotations on topic Luxury:
Addison, Joseph (1)
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Chaplin, Charlie (1)
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1)
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Einstein, Albert (1)
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Goldsmith, Oliver (2)
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1)
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Montesquieu, Charles Baron de (1)
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Pavese, Cesare (1)
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Quarles, Francis (1)
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Shakespeare, William (2)
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Thoreau, Henry David (1)
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Wilde, Oscar (1)
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Young, Edward (1)
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