Quotes about Extravagance

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

Where there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.

30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.

Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.

and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;