Quote by Raymond Chandler
The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business. – Raymond Chandler

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