Quotes About Opulent

A major question was to what extent should we permit real democracy? Madison discussed this pretty seriously, not so much in the Federalist Papers—which were kind of propaganda—but in the debates of the Constitutional Convention, which are the most interesting place to look. If you read the debates, Madison said the major concern of the society—any decent society—has to be to "protect the minority of the opulent against the majority." His phrase.

Something for the high-class restaurants to feature, charge ten bucks a plate for.

Fancy Restaurant: one that serves cold soup on purpose.

The flowers were opulent, full-blown, topple shower petals at a touch. He thought that she might topple that way, falling all at once into his hand, a soft drift of blossom between his fingers. The roses bowed their extravagant heads, nodding, but she was all stiff prim and black, back in her bonnet, so that he could not see her face unless she looked directly at him.

This is too extravagant to be maintained.

I am so incredibly classy and swanky and posh and upscale and refined.

The pattern-like quality of the picture surface, together with the opulent materials and the flatness of the image (there are no illusions of space or depth in this painting), are all characteristics of a mode of painting known as International Gothic.

he was also abundantly rich:

If we describe something as very beautiful, then it's probably beyond beautiful—maybe it's exquisite.