Abstention from labor is the conventional evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing.
Thorstein VeblenThe addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.
Thorstein VeblenLoud dress becomes offensive to people of taste, as evincing an undue desire to reach and impress the untrained sensibilities of the vulgar.
Thorstein VeblenIt is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the rest of the community.
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