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“I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch.”

Hate Modern Sight Clean Luxury Apartment

Author:Jean Nouvel

“Columbus and his men, they say, Conveyed the virus hither Whereby my features rot away And vital powers wither; Yet had they not traversed the seas And come infected back, Why, think of all the luxuries That modern life would lack.”

Thinking Men Sea Modern Luxury Features Modern Life Viruses Columbus

Author:Richard Wilbur

“A handwritten, personal letter has become a genuine modern-day luxury, like a child's pony ride.”

Children Modern Letters Genuine Luxury Modern Day Ponies

Book:The feminine eye

Source: The feminine eye

“The ancients were destitute of many of the conveniences of life which have been invented or improved by the progress of industry; and the plenty of glass and linen has diffused more real comforts among the modern nations of Europe than the senators of Rome could derive from all the refinements of pompous or sensual luxury.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.”

Modern Essentials Survival Luxury American Society

Book:Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development

Source: Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development

“What modern technology has done has afforded us the luxury of abbreviation and being concise with time, I think. Things that it would take you a week to do can now be done in a day, which is absolutely awesome because you can concentrate on the bigger picture.”

Thinking Done Technology Week Modern Bigger Luxury Bigger Picture Concise Modern Technology Abbreviations

Author:Justin Broadrick

“There is part of me that longs to have the back-to-the-earth life - make my own bread, grow my own wheat, just be really self-sufficient - but I am not, at the moment, willing to give up the luxury of modern life, and amazing schools for my kids, and things that I've come to rely on that are parts of society.”

Giving Self Moments Kids School Earth Grows My Own Modern Willing Giving Up Bread Luxury Sufficient Rely Modern Life Wheat Self Sufficient Earth Life

Author:Lauren Groff