Luxury, nowadays, is ruinous. We criticize, but must conform, and superfluities in the end deprive us of necessities. (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)

Luxury, nowadays, is ruinous. We criticize, but must conform, and superfluities in the end deprive us of necessities.

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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