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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.
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.
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will read more
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good read more
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
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.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive read more
Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
