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“CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“Moments are the elements of profit.” Karl Marx, Das Kapital
“No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; in brief, sir, study what you most affect.” William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
“Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.” Aesop, Aesop's Fables
“For such Truth, as opposeth no man profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
“I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit...” John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“In a word, it is the best and most natural arrangement that the wisest should govern the many, when it is assured that they will govern for its profit, and not for their own.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
“Our merchants and master manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price, and thereby lessening the sale of their goods, both at home and abroad. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits; they...” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
“It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.” Woody Allen, Getting Even
“what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose . . . his own soul?” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“There are no gains without pains.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“In such an economy, there is one and only one social responsibility of business—to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open...” Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom

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