| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30260 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Washington Irving (1783–1859), U.S. author. “Traits of Indian Character,” The Sketch-Book (1819-1820). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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