Monday, January 2, 2012

A Monday Quote

Well what do you know-- based on this quote from Thucydides (460 BC-395 BC) it appears that conspicuous consumption has been around for a really long time:

“The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Who was it that said "There is nothing new under the sun"?