Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield - It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a ...

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It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Es ist immer richtig, einen Betrug zu erkennen und eine Torheit wahrzunehmen; es ist aber oft falsch, sie auch zu entlarven. Ein Geschäftsmann sollte immer die Augen offen haben, aber er scheint sie oft geschlossen zu haben.

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