The poor and middle class buy luxuries with their own sweat, blood and children's inheritance.
They want to buy luxuries, but they are also very 'fashion forward'.
"It was doubtless because he had not enough money to buy luxuries for us all."
Entrepreneurs see an opportunity, and seize it by focusing on people with money to buy luxuries, in this case cars.
As early as 1932, he urged his students to avoid buying cars and other luxuries on the "installment plan", similar to the modern credit card.
A man with a castle this pointedly barren would hardly buy such luxuries for himself.
After 13 weeks he was taken to another prison where he was able to mix with other prisoners and buy such luxuries as newspapers.
You have to learn not to buy luxuries before you've bought necessities.
But gold in these games plays a small part and does nothing more than buy you a few perks and luxuries.
Selling the occasional sheep or goat means they can also buy "luxuries" - like canvas, clothing, cigarettes.