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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
Life, Success, Eye
Thorstein Veblen (2012). “The Theory of the Leisure Class”, p.27, Courier Corporation
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.