“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.”

Attributed in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1937) by Dale Carnegie

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American business magnate and philanthropist 1839–1937

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