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Teach Your Children Well: Goblin Lessons
Friendship is nice, but it doesn't fill your belly.
Negotiate from a position of strength. We make the Galleons.
Humans are stupid. The more magic they have, the more stupid they become. A squib makes a better purchasing agent than a wizard. A wizard makes a better customer than a squib.
Contracts should be followed to the letter. Loopholes and fine print are wonderful things.
The greater the need for a wand, the more a wizard thinks with it. A wizard that doesn't need a wand to think makes for a more stable partner in business.
Making profit for your Clan and for your Nation is your highest duty. Paying customers should be respected, regardless of how much better they would look on a platter.
Thieves should be killed for the benefit of all. A live thief might procreate.
If you cannot kill a thief, make an example of it. An educated customer is an honest customer. A dead thief makes the greatest lesson of all.
Humans have no concept of limits. Make certain all contracts have defined scope.
Humans think they own everything they can control. Never let a wizard control the product of your efforts. They will believe they can give it to another human even after they die.
Anyone who demonstrates artistic skill should be respected for that skill. A successful manager or a successful warrior is as much an artist as a goldsmith.
A wizard who wastes gold should be treated with the same level of respect as an unruly child.
Upon very rare occasion, you might find a human moderately more respectful and intelligent. Such humans should be given every consideration so that they might successfully breed and raise their young. This doesn't mean that contracts are unnecessary.
Wagers are always honored. If you can't afford the wager, don't make it. Your body can fill the bellies of those you slight just as well as any human.
Be honest in reporting profits and loss. Cleaning the tunnels is less unpleasant than the platter.
Wasted time is wasted gold. A wizard that wastes your time should be treated as such.
