A rich nation can for a time, without noticeable damage to itself, pursue a course of self-indulgence, making its single goal the material ease and comfort of its own citizens -- thus repudiating its own spiritual and material stake in a peaceful and prosperous society of nations.

"( Quoted in Whitaker ) Of course, a capitalist economy will stabilize this discrepancy until the value added to aged wine is equal to the cost of storage-if anyone can hold onto a bottle for four years and become rich, that will be done so much it is hard to find freshly corked wine.

Because the rich gravy from the roast meat drippings was used up with the first course, the main meat and vegetable course was often served with a parsley or white sauce.

Buddenbrooks ( 1901 ), by Thomas Mann ( 1875 – 1955 ), chronicles the moral decay of a rich family through its declines, material and spiritual, in the course of four generations, beginning with the patriarch Johann Buddenbrook Sr. and his son, Johann Buddenbrook Jr., who are typically successful German businessmen ; each is a reasonable man of solid character.

In due course, she also meets his wife Carrie, an American coming from a rich background, and their children — Emily, her 17 year-old daughter by her first marriage ; Simon and Mark, two teenage boys ; and 8 year-old Hope, a girl.

A prime reason for his leaving Geneva was that theatre was forbidden in that Calvinist city, so he had decided to become the enlightened " patriarch " of the little village of Ferney, setting up potteries, a watchmaking industry and, of course, theaters, attracting rich people from Geneva to watch his plays.

The rich and wealthy Hanseatic city of Lübeck felt the need in the course of the centuries to protect itself from outside threats with ever stronger walls and fortifications.

The largest of the coastal rivers are the Goiana River, which is formed by the confluence of the Tracunhaem and Capibaribe-mirim, and drains a rich agricultural region in the north-east part of the state ; the Capibaribe, which has its source in the Serra de Jacarara and flows eastward to the Atlantic at Recife with a course of nearly ; the Ipojuca, which rises in the Serra de Aldeia Velha and reaches the coast south of Recife ; the Serinhaen ; and the Uná.

Over the course of the 20th century, the automobile rapidly developed from an expensive toy for the rich into the de facto standard for passenger transport in most developed countries.

The rich Sinbad tells the poor Sinbad that he became wealthy, " by Fortune and Fate ", in the course of seven wondrous voyages, which he then proceeds to relate.

She was not, of course, ever matriculated at either ; her very old, traditional and rich family frowned on formal education for females, and so Victoria had none.

The Tsushima Current brings rich fisheries resources from the East China Sea into the Sea of Japan, like Japanese amberjack, Japanese horse mackerel, but these days also brings disaster like mass aggregation of gigantic Nomura's jellyfish and waste from countries along the course of the current.

The river Awenbwuy, winding through a rich corn country, is well situated for commerce, and several large mills are in course of erection on its banks.

The same happens, of course, with adjectives: when must we stop saying " yellow " and start saying " orange ", or stop defining as " black " and start saying " white ", or " rich " and " poor ", " entrepreneur " and " worker ", " civilized " and " primitive ", " man " and " animal ", " beast " and " sovereign ", " christian " and " pagan ", or " beautiful " and start saying " ugly ", or " bad " and start saying " good ", or " truth " and start saying " false ", " determined " and " free ".

The part of the country possessing this thick, dark, and naturally rich soil was, of course, the part of the South where the slaves were most profitable, and consequently they were taken there in the largest numbers.

In the course of the 15th century haute cuisine began to emerge, largely limited to the aristocracy, but from the 17th century onward these kinds of dishes became available to the wealthy citizens as well, often consisting of a rich variety of fruits, cheeses, meat, wine, and nuts.

But Flora Robson makes an interesting Queen Elizabeth, Claude Rains and Henry Daniell play a couple of villainous conspirators handsomely, there is a lot of brocaded scenery and rich Elizabethan costumes and, of course, there is Brenda Marshall to shed a bit of romantic light.

The territory of the comune is particularly rich in Romanesque churches: some of those in the plain, erected on the Roman Via Flaminia when that road was in use, and incorporating a fair amount of Roman spolia, remain as markers of the road's course.

During the course of the story, Elektra and her roommates are harassed by a rich boy, Trey Langstrom, until Elektra, a martial artist fights back.

During the wars of independence, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana was despoiled of most of its rich ornaments and gifts, and ruthless plundering by faithless custodians in the course of political disturbances has further contributed to impoverish it.

Financial security and affluence is a highly desirable status symbol and for many years was the measure of a person's worth and success achieved in life, more so than other achievements ( e. g. great sportsmen were not accorded the same status as great businessmen, unless they happened to be rich, of course ).

:" It is true that such recollections must be taken with a grain of salt, as the miner sees through the vista of backward years with an eye that wonderfully magnifies mineral values, and in the course of time any abandoned mine gets the name of having been rich ; but in the case of the Minnesota there is reliable evidence that the mine was abandoned through faint-heartedness, and not because it was worked out.

Verdigris has the curious property in oil painting that it is initially bluish-green, but turns a rich foliage green over the course of about a month.

The show is " sponsored " by the fictitious product " Powdermilk Biscuits ", whose slogan is " Made from whole wheat raised in the rich bottomlands of the Lake Wobegon river valley by Norwegian bachelor farmers, so you know they're not only good for you, but also pure, mostly ", which " give shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done.

Wells noted that " he patricians made a mean use of their political advantages to grow rich through the national conquests at the expense not only of the defeated enemy, but of the poorer plebeian ..." The plebeians, who were expected to obey the laws, but were not allowed to know the laws ( which patricians were able to recite from memory ), were successful, winning the right to appeal any injustice to the general assembly.

Fanny, grimacing and acting as if on the verge of retching, claimed not to know what a bramble was, told Mrs Troake that her menu was too rich, and, though she accepted that the dessert was delicious, insisted that it was not suitable, declaring, " You're among professionals now, dear.

Impressed by Rocker's speech, the speaker that followed Rocker, who was not from Mainz and therefore did not know at what point the police would intervene, advised the unemployed to take from the rich, rather to starve.

Before the arrival of Ford Prefect and the Vogons, Earth's main form of extraterrestrial contact was with " teasers ": bored rich kids who cruise the galaxy looking for planets yet to make interstellar contact, find some isolated spot, land in front of some credulous soul they know no one will ever believe, strut up and down in front of them with " silly antennas on their head " and make " beep-beep " noises at them.

Many who did not know Chaney were surprised by his rich baritone voice and his sharp comedic skills.

One day, Mrs Hepworth, a rich customer of Hobson, demands to know who made her boots: it is Hobson's underpaid bootmaker, Will Mossop.

And you don't have to be from Waco to know that when the Pentagon makes crooks rich and doesn't make America strong, that it's a bum deal.

She mentions that Annie is staying at a billionaire's house, and they think they could use this situation to get rich, though they don't yet know how (" Easy Street ").

Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty?

We can at a quick glance conclude that this border issue is a part of a long rich legacy of Chienge District, as we now know it.

The lawyer and orator Rufus Choate said of Ellsworth before the Massachusetts General Assembly: " If the land of Shermans, Griswolds, Daggets and Williams, rich as she is in learning and virtue, has a sounder lawyer, a more upright magistrate, or an honester man in her public service, I know not his name.

By now, he has added to his fortunes by marrying Héloise Plïsson, a rich socialite who has suspicions about how he makes his money, but prefers not to know.

He served with distinction approaching perfection and, like his father, would then write about the things he'd seen and done ... More than once I spoke with him about the psychological aspects of combat, and every time he told me what I needed to know, always from his own rich experiences.

On being wealthy he said that " if people know you're rich they don't talk with you when you walk down the street.

Whether on basis of his own opinion or in an agreement decided by everyone, I don't know, but some say he had been warned that the Indian nobles of the city had assembled to plot the mutiny and the rebellion, which they later carried out ; others, believe that Spaniards went to watch them perform this famous and praised dance, and seeing how rich they were and wanting the gold the Indians were wearing, he covered each of the entrances with ten or twelve Spaniards and went inside with more than fifty, and without remorse and lacking any Christian piety, they brutally stabbed and killed the Indians, and took what they were wearing.

And now I'm out of baseball — the only profession I know anything about, and a lot of gamblers have gotten rich.

Many more Persian examples can be found throughout the rich history of Persia and its many empires, as they conquered more and more neighbouring kingdoms it took in much of the know how of many civilizations and erected different styles of pillars.

Sir Francis doesn't know that she is actually Charley's rich Aunt Donna Lucia ; in fact, he points out to her that Charley's aunt is right there with them-running around being chased by Mr. Spettigue.

As many people know, this area rich in ginger.

Yoo explained his motives in front of a TV camera saying " Women shouldn't be sluts, and the rich should know what they've done.

About that time when I wrote ( Heart of Gold ), and I was touring, I had also -- just, you know, being a rich hippie for the first time -- I had purchased a ranch, and I still live there today.

However, in the second sequel novel, The Gates of Morning, a pair of sailors attack the people of a nearby island because they know its waters are rich with pearls, and it is possible the filmmakers used this.

People wishing to know more about the area's rich history can visit " La promenade de la Republique ", which is an exposition on how life in the area was during the Victorian era.