Acquisition

Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.

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Hand, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

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To whose gain? [Cui bono]

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No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic, also.

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With the catching end the pleasures of the chase.

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People find gold in fields, veins, river beds and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out.

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The more there is in the world to have, the more people want it.

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

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No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in; but everyone publishes his acquisitions.

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We go to gain a little patch of ground That hath in it no profit but the name.

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The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

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An end to our gettings is the only end to our losses.

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