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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing read more
What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.
Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.
Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.
It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business
It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business
When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold read more
When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and
barren.
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the read more
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.