Quotes by Extravagance I adore extravagance but I abhor waste. Aaron Copland adorewasteextravagance It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world. Abraham Lincoln extravaganceexamplepeople He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy. Alec-Tweedie extravagancedoewant The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it. Alfred Bester foolextravaganceenjoy Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. Alfred North Whitehead extravagancesafemen Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives. Alfred North Whitehead harbourextravagancecertain I like extravagance. Letters which give the postman a stiff back to carry, books which overflow from their covers, sexuality which bursts the thermometers. Anais Nin extravagancegivingbook If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods. Aristippus festivalsfaultsextravagance He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l. Benjamin Franklin extravaganceyears Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture. Benjamin Rush bipolarextravagancehouse An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity. Bernard Williams extravagancespiritthinking Indulgence is emptiness. I have proved the limits of food and frivolity. There is no real fulfillment in meaningless rushes of pleasure. You try to conceal the emptiness with more extravagance, only to find the thrills becoming less satisfying and more fleeting. Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished. Brandon Mull extravagancerealtrying Your book bill ought to be your biggest extravagance. C. S. Lewis billsextravagancebook Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity. Calvin Coolidge toilextravagancehumanity Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that. Carine Roitfeld extravagancefashionneeds Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. Charles Caleb Colton extravagancegreedsoul The most extravagant thing I've ever bought is 95 tops all the same. Chris Martin extravagantextravagance in dreams it is often the case that the greatest extravagances seem bereft of their power to astonish and the most improbable chimeras seem commonplace. Cormac McCarthy extravagancecasesdream Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance. Demosthenes rushingextravagancecauses We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no man was as rich as all men ought to be. Edwin Percy Whipple povertyextravagancemen1234»
