Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

~ Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho Avoidance Benefits Classification Doors Exploitation Friends Friendship Hypocrisy Life Lessons Loyalty People Selection Social Classes Social Gaps Social Ladder Society

The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use, but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.

~ Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton Social Class Social Ladder Society Work