【名言警句-商务篇】-1

A friendship founded on business is better than business founded on friendship. (John Davision Rockefeller, American businessman)
建立在商务基础上的友谊胜过建立在友谊基础上的商务。(美国实业家 洛克菲勒 J D.)

Advertising¹ may be described as the science of arresting human in-telligence long enough to get money from it. (Leacock Stephen, Canadian economist²)
广告可被视为一种长久蒙蔽人类智慧以期从中赚钱的技巧。(加拿大经济学家 斯蒂芬 L)

All progress is based upon a universal innate³ desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. (Samuel Butler, British writer)
世人莫不怀着一种与生俱来的欲望，要把支出超过收入，此乃一切进步的动力。(英国作家 勃特勒. S.)

Avarice⁴ , the apur of industry. (David Hume, Bdritish Philosopher)
贪婪是工业的兴奋剂。(英国哲学家 休谟 D)

Business? That's very simple---- it's other people's money. (Alexandre Dumas, French novelist)
做生意吗？ 那太简单了——叫别人掏钱包。(法国小说家 小仲马 A)

Business underlies⁵ everything in our national life, including our spiritual life, Witness the fact that in the Lord's prayer the first petition is for daily bread, No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stoach. (Woodrow Wilson. American President)
生活包括精神生活的基础。不容置疑的事实是，在主祷文中向上帝祈求的第一件事是让我们天天有面包。没有人能饿着肚子敬奉上帝或热爱他的邻居。(美国总统 威尔逊 W.)

Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to damned, and no body to be kicked? (Edward Thurlow, British Lawyer)
公司既没有灵魂可以被诅咒，又没有躯体可以被踢翻，难道你指望它有什么良心吗？(英国律师 瑟洛杉矶 .E.)

Economy the poor man's mints; extravagance the rich man's pitfall⁶.(Martin Tupper. American economist.)
节约是穷人的造币厂，浪费是富人的陷阱。(美国经济学家 塔珀 .M.)

For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice⁷ versa. (Charles E. Wilison American president of GM)
多少年业，我始终认为对国家有利的事对我们通用汽车公司也有利，反之亦然。(美国通用汽车公司总裁 威尔逊 C.E.)

Good times, bad times, there will always be advertising, In good times people want advertising; in bad times they have to. (Bruce Barton British economist)
管是繁荣时期还是萧条时期，广告总会存在。繁荣时，人们想做广告；萧条时，人们不得不做广告。(英国经济学家 巴顿 B.)

Here's the rule for bargains "Do other men, for they would do you." That's the true precept⁸. (Charles Dickens. British novelist)
这里有一条交易法则：“欺骗他人，因为他们也欺骗你。”这是真正的经商之道。(英国小说家 狄更斯 C)

1 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

2 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

3 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

4 avarice   

n.贪婪；贪心

参考例句：

• Avarice is the bane to happiness.贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根。
• Their avarice knows no bounds and you can never satisfy them.他们贪得无厌，你永远无法满足他们。

5 underlies   

v.位于或存在于（某物）之下( underlie的第三人称单数 )；构成…的基础（或起因），引起

参考例句：

• I think a lack of confidence underlies his manner. 我认为他表现出的态度是因为他缺乏信心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger. 努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。 来自辞典例句

6 pitfall   

n.隐患，易犯的错误；陷阱，圈套

参考例句：

• The wolf was caught in a pitfall.那只狼是利用陷阱捉到的。
• The biggest potential pitfall may not be technical but budgetary.最大的潜在陷阱可能不是技术问题，而是预算。

7 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

8 precept   

n.戒律；格言

参考例句：

• It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept.我想到身教重于言教。
• The son had well profited by the precept and example of the father.老太爷的言传身教早已使他儿子获益无穷。