“It is infinitely more humiliating and degrading to be compelled to receive it side by side with the bloated inebriate, or the foul and debauched profligate.”

“Should not those on the same income who can live more frugally pay less tax than the profligate?”

“Can one be surprised if the aristocracy should undermine the very foundations of society by their wanton profligacy?”

“The provinces, almost without exception, were scandalized at the audacious profligacy of the government.”

“The United States is almost invariably held up as a shining counterpoise to this profligacy.”

“His extravagant spending and reckless behavior were clear indications of the profligateness that had consumed him.”

“It was believed Germans were afraid of pooling their successful monetary sovereignty with putative profligates such as, perhaps, Italy.”

“White, blue, purple, and scarlet were the colors of the gods, priests, profligates, saints and monarchs, either in combination or singularly.”

“This was a semi-literary club of profligates with the priapic emblems for its ensign.”