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War destroys men, but luxury destroys mankind; at once corrupts the body and the mind. (Quote by - John Crowne)

My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky. (Quote by - Kelly Ripa)

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. (Quote by - David Hume)

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

That's a luxury that we're glad to have. Absolutely. That's great for the program, being able to build. (Quote by - Bill Unzicker)

Not working is a luxury, ... I feel fortunate to do the things I want to do. (Quote by - Don Hill)

We're not afforded the luxury of looking past any games. (Quote by - Darcy Tucker)

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries (Quote by - John Lothrop)

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit (Quote by - Edward Abbey)

The public be damned! (on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains Aug 1918) (Quote by - William Henry Vanderbilt)

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries. (Quote by - Cher)

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give (Quote by - Jean De La Fontaine)

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. (Quote by - George Bancroft)

When you're not used to comfort and good things to eat, you're intoxicated by them in no time. Truth's only too pleased to leave you. Very little is ever needed for Truth to let go of you. And after all, you're not really very keen to keep hold of it (Quote by - Celine)

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. (Quote by - Tom Brown)

If you would abolish avarice, you must abolish its mother, luxury (Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)

I think we're in a quiet time right now. luxury can be in the fit. (Quote by - Christopher Bailey)

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend (Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)

I'm not saying it should be a luxury hotel, but we should treat them as worthy of being a person. (Quote by - Vicky Gunderson)

I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim. (Quote by - Kylie Minogue)

Avarice and luxury, those pests which have ever been the ruin of every great state. (Quote by - Titus Livy)

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving! (Quote by - George Eliot)

For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life (Quote by - Greenfield)

It is a nice luxury to have both Will and Gavin. They are both big, strong kids who have a huge will to win. (Quote by - Tom Saltzstein)

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