Lavish Quotes

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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. — Miguel de Cervantes
Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds. — Walter Raleigh
What fools indeed we morals are to lavish care upon a car, with never a bit of time to see about our own machinery! — John Kendrick Bangs
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed. — Laozi
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief pursuit of ambitious… — Edward Gibbon
Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect. — Annie Besant
I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle. — Shia LaBeouf
A lavish colored evocation of Hollywood now gone, as shown through an afternoon in the milieu of the 1920's film star. — Kenneth Anger
George Lazenby is no one's favorite James Bond, but for me the anonymity at the center of this lavish production only serves to reveal the… — Christopher Nolan
Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives. — Gerald Durrell
America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed… — Edna Ferber
Lavish credit on anyone and everyone who helped you the least bit. — Tom Peters
There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since… — William Penn
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. — Ayn Rand
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals with friends where… — Andy Behrman
Kafka would surely have been impressed by the twin ambitions of the modern empathetic state: the need to set up hyper-regulatory bodies preventing you from… — Mark Steyn
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. — W.C. Fields
Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile. No matter how busy you are, don't rush encounters with coworkers, family, and friends. Speak softly. Listen… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
In the best of all possible worlds, February 14 is a pleasant and sentimental opportunity to lavish your partner with attention or move your relationship… — Pepper Schwartz

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