Quote#Wisdom
Luxury spreads its ample board before their eyes; but they are…
Quote byWashington Irving · 1783–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820), "Traits of Indian Character".
English (original)
Luxury spreads its ample board before their eyes; but they are excluded from the banquet. Plenty revels over the fields; but they are starving in the midst of its abundance: the whole wilderness has blossomed into a garden; but they feel as reptiles that infest it.
— Washington Irving
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