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-->--'''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/GuardsGuards''

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-->--'''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/GuardsGuards''
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-->--'''Rincewind''', ''Discworld/InterestingTimes''

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-->--'''Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #75''', ''StarTrek''

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-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #26: The Attack''

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->We hardly ever kill foreigners in Ankh-Morpork. It makes it so hard to sell them things afterwards.
-->--'''Rincewind''', ''Discworld/InterestingTimes''
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-->--'''The Buzzing,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

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-><l will buy your memories!>\\
<Come visit my execution parlor!>\\
<Give me your clothing and I will give you credit!>\\
<Here! Eat this larva! Let it gestate and we'll split the proceeds between your heirs!>\\
<You stink horribly! I will cleanse you!>\\
And to Ax: <Become my partner and we will sell your fur as a gachak poison!>\\
"What is this, [[PlanetOfHats Planet of the Salesmen]]?" Marco demanded.
-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #26: The Attack''

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-->--'''Creator/RudyardKipling''', ''The Merchantmen''


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-->--''Literature/InFuryBorn''

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->Knowledge is power, and the Phoenicians sell to the highest bidder. [[TrueNeutral With such fluid allegiance, they survive]]. But when the arcane secret or treasure proves too powerful, the [[ColorMotif Purple People]] take special care to [[ArtifactCollectionAgency keep it from the other factions]]. Across the world, occult energies gather, and secrets ripen, opening like eager petals. Always the Phoenicians are there. The most favourable angle, the last man standing, prize in hand - these are their creeds.
-->--'''The Buzzing,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
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-->--'''Creator/RudyardKipling''', '''''The Merchantmen'''''


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-->--'''Peter Ackroyd''', '''''Venice'''''

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-->--'''Helen Zimmern, ''The Hansa towns.'''''

->''Whoever would be a good burgher at Danzig must be industrious both at commerce and arms''

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->''Whoever would be a good burgher at Danzig must be industrious both at commerce and arms''arms.''



-->--'''Creator/TerryPratchett, ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'''''

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-->--'''Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #75, ''StarTrek'''''

->''The Quarn take money ''seriously!'' Breaking Thaarvhld's banking laws isn't a harmless little prank like murder!''
-->-- '''Alicia''', ''Literature/InFuryBorn''

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-->--'''Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #75, ''StarTrek'''''

#75''', ''StarTrek''

->''The "[[StarfishAlien Spiders]]" might regard war as a noisy, vulgar, inefficient way to settle differences, but when violence was the only solution, they went about it with the same pragmatism they brought to serious matters like making money. "Merciless as a Quarn" was a high compliment among human merchants, but it held another, grimmer reality, and the Quarn take money ''seriously!'' Breaking Thaarvhld's banking laws isn't a harmless little prank like murder!''
-->-- '''Alicia''', ''Literature/InFuryBorn''
liked [[SpacePirates pirates]] even less than humans did. They weren't simply murderous criminals, but murderous criminals who were bad for business.''
-->--''Literature/InFuryBorn''
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-->--'''Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #75, ''StarTrek'''''

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->''The Quarn take money ''seriously!'' Breaking Thaarvhld's banking laws isn't a harmless little prank like murder!''
-->-- '''Alicia''', ''Literature/InFuryBorn''
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-->--'''Creator/TerryPratchett, ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'''''

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->''Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum!''
-->--'''Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #75, ''StarTrek'''''
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-->--Motto of a Danzig archery society

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-->Helen Zimmern, ''The Hansa towns.''

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-->Motto of a Danzig archery society

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-->-->'''Creator/TerryPratchett, ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'''''

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->''Vimes felt a sudden surge of civic pride. There had to be something right about a citizenry which, when faced with catastrophe, thought about selling sausages to the participants.''
-->-->'''Creator/TerryPratchett, ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'''''
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-->''Such trade warriors were not uncommon in the history of the Hansa. Within the roomy stone hall that served as entry and storeroom to those ancient dwelling-houses, it was usual to see helmet, armour, and sword hanging up above stores of codfish, barrels of herrings, casks of beer, bales of cloth, or what not besides.''

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-->''Whoever would be a good burgher at Danzig must be industrious both at commerce and arms''

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-->Helen Zimmern, ''The Hansa towns.''

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-->''Whoever would be a good burgher at Danzig must be industrious both at commerce and arms''
-->Motto of a Danzig archery society
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-->--'''Peter Ackroyd''', '''''Venice'''''

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-->--'''Peter Ackroyd''', '''''Venice''''''''''Venice'''''

-->''Such trade warriors were not uncommon in the history of the Hansa. Within the roomy stone hall that served as entry and storeroom to those ancient dwelling-houses, it was usual to see helmet, armour, and sword hanging up above stores of codfish, barrels of herrings, casks of beer, bales of cloth, or what not besides.''
-->Helen Zimmern, ''The Hansa towns.''
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-->--'''RudyardKipling''', '''''The Merchantmen'''''


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-->--'''Peter Ackroyd''', '''''Venice'''''

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