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In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
— Thorstein Veblen
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The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.
— Thorstein Veblen
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All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.
— Thorstein Veblen
Tags: analysis, use, last, business
In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.
— Thorstein Veblen
Tags: stand, wealth, community, eyes
In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.
— Thorstein Veblen
Tags: university, more, law, school
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
— Thorstein Veblen
Tags: means, valuable, leisure, gentleman
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