#luxury

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#doing #doing good #exert #giving #good

Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor. ↗

— Henry Home

#contribute #give #luxury #may #poor

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life. ↗

— Linda Vester

#anchoring #because #i #i love #i think

I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#albeit #cost #failing #few #honourable

So what should we do with our last few days?” “I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you,” Peete replies. “Come on, then,” I say, pulling him into my room. It feels like a luxury, sleeping with Peeta again. I didn’t realize until now how starved I’ve been for human closeness. For the feel of him beside me in the darkness. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#love #luxury #life

We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#poverty #poverty

Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#always #clothes #had #i #i think

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. ↗

— Golda Meir

#himself #jew #luxury #never #pessimism

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#countries #democracy #industrial #limited #luxury

Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it. ↗

— Ted Morgan

#afford #army #hires #howard #howard hughes