 | | 2012-08-28 02:27
From blog Clearly Classic
Richer Than Kings
(Shirt: Gentlemen of the Road, Mumford Concert Shirt, Skirt: Loft)"We're richer than kings. We live better than William I, who conquered England a millennium ago but, for all his wealth and power, didn't have a flush toilet. An army of ruthless Normans and the blessing of Pope Alexander II? Yes, he had those things. Antibiotics and a riding mower? No. Although William was stupefyingly wealthy by the standards of his time and place, he seems starkly impoverished by the standards of outs. No blow-dryer, no iPad, no seedless grapes. How did he get by?"(Owen, David. The Conundrum. New York: Penguin Group, 2011. Print.)This quote totally blew me away. The standards we live...
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