With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper

Quote by Thorstein Veblen

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In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is...

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

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

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

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing...

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice...

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice...

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober