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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from read more
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other read more
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Our favourite holding period is forever.
Our favourite holding period is forever.
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
A manufacturing district . . . sends out, as it were, suckers
into all its neighborhood.
A manufacturing district . . . sends out, as it were, suckers
into all its neighborhood.
