feather-bed-and-four-meals-a-day

Updated: May 17, 2025

I lived for what was unimportant, and I neglected what was vital." "Oh, a good shake-up does nobody any harm," the Colonel remarked. "Too much of the feather-bed-and-four-meals-a-day life is not good for man or woman." "It is my firm belief," said Mrs. Belmont gravely, "that there was not one of us who did not rise to a greater height during those days in the desert than ever before or since.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Tragedy of the Korosko