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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

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If one has been blessed or have been fortunate enough to have got much more than normal wealth, it is but natural that one expects a certain fiduciary responsibility in terms of how that wealth is applied, used and leveraged for purposes of society.

— Azim Premji

All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth.

— Alfred Marshall

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

— Sam Walton

A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.

— Lloyd Banks

The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.

— Silvia Cartwright

✗Opposing Perspectives

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

— Henry David Thoreau

Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.

— Deepak Chopra

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

— Andrew Carnegie