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    In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.

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We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.

We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.

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If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube it would be about the size read more

If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube it would be about the size of an eight room house. If a man got possession of all that gold -- billions of dollars worth -- he could not buy a friend, character, peace of mind, clear conscience or a sense of eternity.

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The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.

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If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do read more

If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.

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The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism.

The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism.

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Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

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What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is read more

What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is rather to further those social institutions which enable people to continue and to enlarge the production of all those things which they need.

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Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.

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It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, read more

It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.

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