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Luxury
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“First-class travel, provided one hasn't to pay for it oneself, is the most insidiously addictive of life's luxuries.”
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“Nothing more strongly marks the insufficiency of luxuries than the ease with which people grow accustomed to them; they are rather known by their want than by their presence. The word 'blasé' has been coined expressly for the use of the upper classes.”
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“I have very often deprived myself of the necessities of life, but I have never consented to give up a luxury.”
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“A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.”
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“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”
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“Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change.”
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“Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.”
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“... the luxuries of the few were becoming necessities of the many ...”
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“One person's 'luxury' is another person's 'necessity.'”