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“But these were essentially the accoutrements that appeal to all people who are not actually rich but who want to look rich, though all they manage to do is look like each other: damasks, ebony, plants, rugs and bronzes, anything dark and gleaming-everything that all people of a certain class affect so as to be like all other people of a certain class. And his arrangements looked so much like everyone else's that they were unremarkable, though he saw them as something truly distinctive.”

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Book:The Death of Ivan Ilych

Source: The Death of Ivan Ilych

“Many buy gadgets they don’t really need, with money they don’t have, for people they don’t actually care for, while infringing their corporeal and financial capacities, in order to pay doctors and psychiatrists.( "Keeping up with the Joneses")”

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Author:Erik Pevernagie

“It's useless being hung up over something that you can't prove.”

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Book:Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Source: Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“There is a correlation between how much we care about what others think of us and how much time, energy, and money we waste in a month.”

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Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Look in the mirror rather than at your neighbor.”

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Book:Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“If you are to be a homeowner, you need to do all these things. You need to keep your exterior tidy. After all, it serves as an outward reflection of the stuff going on inside. Doesn't it? If the walls are crumbling, so must be your marriage. If the paint is chipping, so must be your will to live.”

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Book:This Is Not a Confession

Source: This Is Not a Confession

“Don't worry about trying to keep up with the Joneses. They're flat out trying to keep up with their repayments.”

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Author:T.W. Lawless

“We expect populists to be popular. However, what can be more inconsistent and nonsensical than “unpopular” populists. They start doing everything to fit the job and are gritting their teeth so hard that they shatter them all and are chewed to bits. The moral … let us be genuine, humble, and coherent instead of stumbling from a vainglorious stance into the opposite. ("Keeping up with the Joneses" )”

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Author:Erik Pevernagie

“If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, chances are it’s getting better care.”

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Book:Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“The most profound life lesson I have learned from 15 years of psychic mediumship work, is how quickly and easily people are forgotten once they depart this life. Yet, so many of us live only to please or impress others while we are here.”

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Author:Anthon St. Maarten

“The world is a show and the show is a performance of the wealthy, the beautiful and the fortunate. The invulnerable, the matchless and the exclusive live a life like dazzling fish in a scintillating seascape behind glass. Everybody may admire them, but nobody can touch them. ( “Keeping up with the Joneses” )”

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Author:Erik Pevernagie

“The Joneses don’t deserve your attention.⁣⁣”

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Author:Richie Norton

“We must not let boredom or greed dictate our lives and exploit our compulsive fantasies or spendthrift desires. ("Keeping up with the Joneses")”

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Author:Erik Pevernagie