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Letter "M" » Motives
«With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper»
Author: Thorstein Veblen
(Economist)
| About:
Economics,
Instinct,
Motives
| Keywords:
alert, emulation, persistent, propensity
«Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided»
«What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
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Life,
Motives
| Keywords:
dreary, motive
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