I am not much impressed by excess in any form. The palace, now a museum, at Versailles shows the lengths to which excess can be taken. The consequence of this show of wealth ultimately resulted in the French Revolution. Perhaps, here in the United States, we are going in the same direction with the majority of the wealth of our country concentrated in a very small percentage of the population. If there is any good lesson from Versailles, it is that excess in any form leads to unexpected consequences.
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