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"Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to."
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Acquisition"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."
"Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to."
"The more there is in the world to have, the more people want it."
"People find gold in fields, veins, river beds and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out."
"With the catching end the pleasures of the chase."
"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."
"Hand, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and commonly thrust into somebodys pocket."