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Advertising promotes that divine discontent which makes people strive to improve their economic status.


Ralph S. Butler

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SAMUEL BUTLER All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.
SAMUEL BUTLER The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
SAMUEL BUTLER