Luxury Quotes

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  Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Courage, Thinking

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• Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Insperational, Hiking

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Educational, Book, Reading

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• I believe that style is the only real luxury,that is really desirable

  Giorgio Armani

  Real, Believe, Style

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• Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Elegance, Comfortable

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• Never economize on luxuries.

  Angela Thirkell

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• Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Inspiration, Giving, Interesting

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• Some people think happiness is a luxury, but its a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

  Christie Brinkley

  Thinking, Space, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

  Cesare Pavese

  Life, Pay The Price, World

  Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.105, Transaction Publishers

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• 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.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Positive, Simple

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

  Leontyne Price

  Life, Success, Time

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• Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Congratulations, Elegance, Success And Failure

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• Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.

  Orson Welles

  Life, Lap, Knows

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• I always thought I should be treated like a star.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Success, Confidence, Stars

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• Fashion is not a luxury, it's a right

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Fashion

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• We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Memories, Yummy, Childhood

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• Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

  Juvenal

  Enjoyment, Foe

  Juvenal (1940). “Juvenal and Persius”

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• Morality is a private and costly luxury.

  Henry Adams

  Ethics, Morality, Privacy

  'The Education of Henry Adams' (1907) ch. 22

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• Friendship is one of the greatest luxuries of life.

  Edward Everett Hale

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• What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

  Anthony Crosland

  Generations, Next

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• To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.

  William Ellery Channing

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  William Ellery Channing, “My Symphony”

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• When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!

  Agnetha Faltskog

  People, World, Fame

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Faith, Strong

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2007). “Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo”, p.54, Wordsworth Editions

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• He tried the luxury of doing good.

  George Crabbe

  Doing Good

  'Tales of the Hall' (1819) 'Boys at School' l. 139

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