Business - the world's work - is the sale of lies: Not goods, but trade-marks; and still more and more In every branch becomes the sale of money.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Business is portrayed as selling lies, trademarks, and money rather than goods.
- In plain terms
- Commerce sells deception and profit, not real value.
- What can you take from it?
- Modern trade prioritizes profit and image over substance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you really buy?
- Is profit always at the cost of truth?
Another view
It generalizes all commerce as fraudulent without nuance.
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