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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.

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A blind bargain.

A blind bargain.

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The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Business Quotes,
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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.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Business Quotes,
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A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).

by Dale Dauten Found in: Business Quotes,
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Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.

Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.

by Andy Warhol Found in: Business Quotes,
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Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.

Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Business Quotes,
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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

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I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

by David Ogilvy Found in: Business Quotes,
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

by Niccolo Machiavelli Found in: Business Quotes,
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