Accepting Quote by George Eliot

And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was…

— John Grisham

...they tended towards the simple pleasures in life: drinking, whoring and fighting, preferably all three at once.

— Ilona Andrews

It was hard to believe there was so much money in all this bitter and poverty-stricken world. So much money, so very much money,…

— Margaret Mitchell

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

— Sarah Hall

“Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as…

— Theodore Dreiser

Everyone was poor. We were satisfied with a life that was simple and humble. We were a peaceful, open people.

— Nadia Murad

“The consumption of food was a sacrament of success. A man who carried a great stomach before him was thought to be in his…

— E.L. Doctorow

“And to make the matter worse, rich as they were, they never were able to pay anybody anything that they owed. They continued to…

— Anthony Trollope

“...which recall(s) a moment in time when raw excess made them a casual aristocracy, apart from the rest of the world.”

— Andrea Lee

Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well.

— James Joyce

“The history books say that life before the Revolution was completely different from what it is now. There was the most terrible oppression, injustice,…

— George Orwell

I am struck the whole litany of people, especially of that era, who were involved in some scandal or another. Some of it was…

— Mark Shields