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The [[Ferengi]] are a humanoid race obsessed with the accumulation of wealth. Their culture traditionally requires males to relentlessly seek profit while females are left naked and submissive. While recent reforms led first by Grand Nagus Zek and then his successor Grand Nagus Rom have begun challenging these traditions on the Ferengi homeworld for greater rights between the sexes, the Ferengi remain renowned throughout the galaxy for their shrewd business practices. | |||
The Ferengi have 285 'Rules of Acquisition', a set of business-related proverbs that all | The Ferengi have 285 '''Rules of Acquisition''', a set of business-related proverbs that all educated Ferengi know by heart. These rules are often heard quoted by Ferengi and non-Ferengi alike as a guide to "good" trading. | ||
== Known Rules of | ==Known Rules of Acquisition== | ||
:''Rules or portions of rules in italics are from the book {{ma|Legends of the Ferengi}} by DS9 writers Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe.'' | :''Rules or portions of rules in italics are from the book {{ma|Legends of the Ferengi}} by DS9 writers Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe.'' | ||
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|Once you have their money, you never give it back. | |Once you have their money, you never give it back. | ||
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|Time is latinum | |||
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|The riskier the road, the greater the profit. | |The riskier the road, the greater the profit. | ||
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|Always know when to retreat | |||
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|No good deed ever goes unpunished. | |No good deed ever goes unpunished. | ||
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|When Morn leaves, it's all over. | |||
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|After you've exploited someone, it never hurts to thank them. That way, it's easier to exploit them next time. | |||
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!The unwritten rule | |||
|When no appropriate rule applies, make one up. | |||
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The Ferengi are a humanoid race obsessed with the accumulation of wealth. Their culture traditionally requires males to relentlessly seek profit while females are left naked and submissive. While recent reforms led first by Grand Nagus Zek and then his successor Grand Nagus Rom have begun challenging these traditions on the Ferengi homeworld for greater rights between the sexes, the Ferengi remain renowned throughout the galaxy for their shrewd business practices. The Ferengi have 285 Rules of Acquisition, a set of business-related proverbs that all educated Ferengi know by heart. These rules are often heard quoted by Ferengi and non-Ferengi alike as a guide to "good" trading. Known Rules of Acquisition
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