

“The abjectly poor, and all those persons whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cannot afford the effort of taking thought for the day after tomorrow; just as the highly prosperous are conservative because they have small occasion to be discontented with the situation as it stands today.”
― The Theory of the Leisure Class
― The Theory of the Leisure Class

“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
― In Praise of Shadows
― In Praise of Shadows
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