12/20 Neither asks the other what he paid for this or that. But why make any bones about it; the first acknowledged principle in business is, to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest." "Where does the love of your neighbour come in then ?" "That has nothing to do with business; it belongs to the relations of social life. No command must be interpreted so as to make it impossible to obey it. Business would come to a stand-still--no man could make a fortune that way." "You think then that what we are sent here for is to make a fortune ?" "Most people do. |