These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant,
Gautama BuddhaMots clés happiness buddhism beauty wishes ittha-sutta long-life pleasant status sutta
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A person can't help their birth.
William Makepeace ThackerayMots clés status
Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.
David Lee RothMots clés money happiness wealth values status moral-decay images
Astley comes to my side. "Are you well?" "No," I tell him, voice hoarse. "I am not well. I am broken inside. I am broken almost all-the-way deep, and I don't know...I don't know if I can ever be unbroken, let alone well again”.
Carrie JonesMots clés sorrow sad status broken
Why do you like Hugh better? Because he is a Viscount?'
'Well, that's one reason,' I admitted, without any false shame. Respect for degree was in my blood and I didn't think of it as snobbery.
People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are all, by necessity, individuals with distinct identities and comparable claims on existence. Such words are nevertheless an apt vehicle for conveying the disparate treatment accorded to different groups. Those without status are all but invisible: they are treated brusquely by others, their complexities trampled upon and their singularities ignored.
Alain de BottonMots clés status snobbery nobodies winners-and-losers
We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.
Alain de BottonMots clés acceptance self-esteem status affirmation insecurity
The world more often rewards outward signs of merit than merit itself.
La RochefoucaulMots clés status appearances merit
It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception is likely to be decided.
Alain de BottonFar from rejecting outright any hierarchy of success or failure, philosophy instead reconfigures the judging process, lending legitimacy to theidea that themainstream value system may unfairly consign some people to disgrace and others to respectability.
Alain de BottonMots clés philosophy values status
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