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The Common good (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠your own good are one: your benefit is the common benefit, and the common benefit is yours.

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A House (n.) sold ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in silence with snakes in every bedroom is worse than refusing a lost man the way: it is knowingly leading another into the wrong way.

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Poverty (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not, said Antipater, the possession of little but the non-possession of much: it names not what a man has but what he lacks.

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Self-interest (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by Nature's own decree, the common interest — and the common interest is one's own.

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The Seller (n.) owes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the buyer everything he knows, says Antipater: the buyer must be left in ignorance of nothing at all that the seller knows.