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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -- it gives a lovely light!

All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do both.

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.

That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.

An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.

He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.