Snobbery, like every other social attitude, takes its character from those who practise it. The snob is supposedly a mean creature, delighting in sli… - Robertson Davies

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Snobbery, like every other social attitude, takes its character from those who practise it. The snob is supposedly a mean creature, delighting in slight and trivial distinctions. But is the man who bathes every day a snob because he does not seek the company of the one-bath-a-week, one-shirt-a-week, one-pair-of-clean-drawers-a-week, one-pair-of-socks-a-week man?