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Pleasure is a thief to business.

Daniel Defoe

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

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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Warren Buffett

1989 Letter to Shareholders

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Read this letter at Berkshire Hathaway's website

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Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. c. 1989.

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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war!

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Bovee, Chrisitan Nestell. Intuitions and Summaries of Thought. Vol. 1, New York: Sheldon and Company/Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1862.

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Politics grease the wheels of business.

R.H. Tawney

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Tawney, R. H. Business and Politics under James I. Cambridge University Press, 1958.

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