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Abstention from labor is the conventional evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing.


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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.



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In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.



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Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.



The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.



Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.



The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.



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The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery



Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.




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All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.





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