standard of comfort
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A high standard of comfort and efficient work is the cheapest way of living in the long run.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
It is often wise and necessary to disregard the social standard of comfort, because it imposes foolish expenses and contemptible ostentation, but it is very difficult to disregard the social standard of comfort.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
When little work is available for his wife and children, or where his "standard of comfort" requires them not to undertake wage-work, his minimum wage must suffice to keep some four persons.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
I have been so far particular in my remarks concerning the Ballinrobe widow, in order to compare the inland standard of comfort with that prevailing on the sea-coast.
From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard H. Becker
But much more investigation than has yet been possible would be necessary before it could be determined whether these instances of a higher standard of comfort are or are not exceptions to a general rule.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
