Thorstein Veblen Quote

While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the requirement of a substantial and patent waste of time.


p. 51. - The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)


While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the...

While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the...

While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the...

While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the...