“He told me once, ‘It’s not how much you sell something for, but how much you pay for it.’ So you see, he taught me about margins. At the same time, he was scrupulously fair. One time I tailed along to a church in the middle of nowhere that was selling some furniture. My dad immediately spotted this rectory table that he wanted. He asked the priest how much they were asking, and the guy said two thousand dollars. My father then told the priest he wanted to buy it, but for four thousand. When we were back in the car, I asked him why he did that. He explained that he would sell the table for
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