I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.
The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.
Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the old-fashioned kind based on bloodlines.
All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.
I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn't care less. I'm not a snob.
Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.
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