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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.
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most read more
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most who serves best," and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying. -B. F. Harris.
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
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.
Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will read more
Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back.
The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.
The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what read more
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets.
He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
Our favourite holding period is forever.
Our favourite holding period is forever.
