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Pleasure is a thief to business.
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Here is a pleasant situation, and yet nothing pleasant to be seen. Here is a harbour without ships, a port without trade, a fishery without nets, a people without business; and, that which is worse than all, they do not seem to desire business, much less do they understand it.
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Daniel Defoe (29)
Birth: | 13th September, 1660 |
Death: | 24th April, 1731 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Journalist, Writer, Merchant |
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