Pleasure is a thief to business.

Daniel Defoe

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Topic

Business and pleasure Business Pleasure

Author

Daniel Defoe

Source

The Complete English Tradesman

Language

English

Time

1726 1720s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Defoe, Daniel. The Complete English Tradesman. London: 1726.

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Topic
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Jonathan Swift
Source
Gulliver's Travels
Genre
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726, pt. 3, ch. 5.

Current Citation

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The customer is always right.

Marshall Field

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Customers Business

Author

Marshall Field
Source
Boston Sunday Herald
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Field, Marshall. "America's Biggest Taxpayer Is a Merchant Prince of Chicago: Leads Country's Big Taxpayers." The Sunday Herald, 3 Sept. 1905, Women's section, p. 10, col. 2.