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Famous Thorstein Veblen Quotations

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Quote Left 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 Quote Right
Quote Left Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Quote Right
Quote Left 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. Quote Right
Quote Left All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage. Quote Right
Quote Left The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods Quote Right
Quote Left The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. Quote Right
Quote Left No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive. Quote Right
Quote Left Invention is the mother of necessity. Quote Right

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