“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.” MenGivingWholeCareAbilitySituationDutyMonthsSixRaisesFortuneBreadLuxurySensualGenerosityExpensesDishesToilViciousSix MonthsGratificationWhole FamilyPeas Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“All projects are different, but you have to treat each one of them with care. Sometimes you get to build a luxury yacht; other times, it'll be a rowboat. You still have to make sure the thing doesn't spring a leak.” StillsDifferentSometimesCareProjectsSpringTreatsLuxuryLeaksYacht Author:Stefan G. Bucher
“I'm not a materialist, I don't care for things. I don't like cars, I hate things that can be exploited. I live a simple life. The only luxuries I have in my life are travel and food.” CareHateSimpleCarI HateDon't CareLuxuryI Don't CareSimple Life Author:Ferran Adria
“Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much-neglected use, Are riches worth your care; (for nature's wants Are few, and without opulence supplied;) This noble end is, to produce the soul; To show the virtues in their fairest light; To make humanity the minister Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast The generous luxury the gods enjoy.” WantSoulEndsUseShowsLightCareHumanityEnjoyChanceTeachVirtueProduceFoolLuckyGuiltRichesNobleLuxuryMinistersGenerousBreastsSunshineProvidenceNeglectedShieldsKnavesBasenessOpulence Author:John Armstrong
“All ills spring from some vice, either in ourselves or others; and even many of our diseases proceed from the same origin. Remove the vices; and the ills follow. You must only take care to remove all the vices. If you remove part, you may render the matter worse. By banishing vicious luxury, without curing sloth and an indifference to others, you only diminish industry in the state, and add nothing to men's charity or their generosity.” IfsMenMayMatterStatesCareIndustryDiseaseSpringAddCharityVicesTake CareLuxuryGenerosityIndifferenceRemoveDiminishViciousSloth Book:Essays, moral, political, and literary Source: Essays, moral, political, and literary