
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
If you don't plan on being a waiter forever, you've got to know all the Rules and the various commentaries as well.
Every Ferengi business transaction is governed by the Rules of Acquisition to insure a fair and honest deal for all parties concerned. Well, most of them anyway.
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Rule of Acquisition #59: Free advice is seldom cheap.
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Rule of Acquisition #22: A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
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Rule of Acquisition #8: Small print leads to large risk.
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Rule of Acquisition #10: Greed is eternal.
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Rule of Acquisition #62: The riskier the road, the greater the profit.
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Rule of Acquisition #285: No good deed ever goes unpunished.
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Rule of Acquisition #214: Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach.
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Rule of Acquisition #9: Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.
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Rule of Acquisition #74: Knowledge equals profit.
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Rule of Acquisition: A man is only worth the sum of his possessions.
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Rule of Acquisition #23: Nothing is more important than your health...except for your money.
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Rule of Acquisition #34: War is good for business.
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Rule of Acquisition #35: Peace is good for business.
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Rule of Acquisition #57: Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.
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Rule of Acquisition #6: Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.
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Rule of Acquisition #18: A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.
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Rule of Acquisition #33: It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
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Rule of Acquisition #3: Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
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Rule of Acquisition #95: Expand or die.
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Rule of Acquisition #21: Never place friendship above profit.
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Rule of Acquisition #229: Latinum lasts longer than lust.
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Rule of Acquisition #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
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Rule of Acquisition #1: Once you have their money, you never give it back.
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The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
If you don't plan on being a waiter forever, you've got to know all the Rules and the various commentaries as well.