Acquisition Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Acquisition.
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“To whose gain? [Cui bono]”
“With the catching end the pleasures of the chase.”
“Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.”
“An end to our gettings is the only end to our losses.”
“The more there is in the world to have, the more people want it.”
“No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic, also.”
“We go to gain a little patch of ground That hath in it no profit but the name.”
“People find gold in fields, veins, river beds and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out.”
“No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in; but everyone publishes his acquisitions.”
“Hand, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.”
“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.”
“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.”