Here’s the rule for bargains—“Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true business precept.

Charles Dickens

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

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Dog eat dog world Business

Speaker

Jonas Chuzzlewit

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit." London: Chapman and Hall, May 1843, issue 5, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Martin Chuzzlewit. Oxford UP, 2009, ch. 11.

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Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

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Time
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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 1.

Current Citation

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The customer is always right.

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Marshall Field
Source
Boston Sunday Herald
Medium
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Language
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Time
1905 1900s 20th century
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