DS9 Heart of Stone, Ferengi Love Songs. Never place friendship above profit. DS9 Rules of Acquisition. A wise man can hear profit in the wind. DS9 Rules of Acquisition VOY False Profits. Nothing is more important than your health. ENT Acquisition. Never make fun of a Ferengis mother. DS9 The Siege. It never hurts to suck up to the boss. DS9 Rules of Acquisition, The Dogs of War. War is good for business. DS9 Destiny, The Siege of AR 5. Peace is good for business. TNG The Perfect Mate DS9 Destiny. Expand or die. 8ENT Acquisition VOY False Profits. Dont trust a man wearing a better suit than your own. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife. DS9 Rules of Acquisition. Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them. DS9 Armageddon Game. Free advice is seldom cheap. DS9 Rules of Acquisition. Profit is its own reward. The riskier the road, the greater the profit. DS9 Rules of Acquisition, Little Green Men, Business as Usual, Starship Down. Knowledge equals profit. VOY Inside Man. Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum. DS9 Civil Defense. Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies. DS9 The Homecoming. Females and finances dont mix. DS9 Ferengi Love Songs, Profit and Lace. Expand or die. 8VOY False Profits ENT Acquisition. Every man has his price. DS9 In the Pale Moonlight. Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever. DS9 The JemHadar. Sleep can interfere with. DS9 Rules of Acquisition. Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack. Treat people in your debt like family. DS9 Past Tense, Part I, The Darkness and the Light. Never have sex with the bosss sister. DS9 Playing God. You cant make a deal if youre dead. DS9 The Siege of AR 5. Wives serve, brothers inherit. DS9 Necessary Evil. Whisper your way to success. DS9 Treachery, Faith and the Great River. Hear all, trust nothing. DS9 Call to Arms. Its always good to know about new customers before they walk in your door. DS9 Whispers. New customers are like razor toothed gree worms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back. DS9 Little Green Men. Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer. DS9 Ferengi Love Songs. Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Dont hesitate to step on them. DS9 Bar Association. Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach. DS9 The Maquis, Part I. You cant free a fish from water. DS9 Past Tense, Part I. DS9 Profit and Loss. Latinum lasts longer than lust. DS9 Ferengi Love Songs. Never be afraid to mislabel a product. DS9 Body Parts. Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum. DS9 Bar Association. No good deed ever goes unpunished. DS9 The Collaborator, The Sound of Her Voice. A man is only worth the sum of his possessions. ENT Acquisition. Unofficial rules Edit. The following sayings were either not given a number, not explicitly stated to be a Rule, or were not part of the generally accepted canon by the Ferengi Commerce Authority. When Morn leaves, its all over. DS9 The House of Quark. After youve exploited someone, it never hurts to thank them. That way, its easier to exploit them next time. VOY False Profits. Exploitation begins at home. VOY False Profits. The unwritten rule. When no appropriate rule applies, make one up. VOY False Profits. When the messenger comes to appropriate your profits. VOY False Profits. Time, like latinum, is a highly limited commodity. DS9 Bar Association. Always inspect the merchandise before making a deal. DS9 The Abandoned. Money is money, but females are better. DS9 Life Support. Why ask, when you can take2. DS9 Babel. Good things come in small packages2. DS9 Move Along Home. A good lie is easier to believe than the truth. VOY Shattered. If thats whats written, then thats whats written. DS9 Favor the Bold. As late as 2. 15. Never allow family to stand in the way of profit where profit replaces opportunity. ENT AcquisitionLegends of the Ferengi concludes Rule 1. In the first draft script of Body Parts, the seventeenth rule was said to simply be, A contract is a contract is a contract, without the added clause involving species. Legends of the Ferengi concludes Rule 3. Brunt stated a variation of this rule without referring to it by number with Its never too early to suck up to the boss. Quark stated a corollary only from a distance, the closer to the front lines, the less profitable it getsAlthough spoken before the production staffs creation of the Rules of Acquisition, Par Lenor stated something quite similar to this rule Peace is good for trade. Rule of Acquisition 9. Rule 4. 5 in ENT Acquisition. It might be possible though, that in the roughly two hundred years between the two episodes, the arrangement of the Rules of Acquisition slightly changed. Alternatively, it may have been decided that the rule bears repeating. Indeed, this may be self referential. This rule was interrupted before it could be finished. This rule was actually only called one of the high numbers by Quark he only thought it was rule 1. In DS9 Body Parts, it is suggested in a dream of Quarks, that the Rules of Acquisition themselves are merely guidelines, and the book was mislabeled by Gint so as to sell more copies than the Suggestions of Acquisition. However, this may be no more than Quark trying to justify breaking rule 1. ENTs original 1. It could also be noted that the Grand Nagus has the power to change the Rules of Acquisition, so it is still possible this rule changed position over time DS9 Prophet Motive. Though not given a number, this rule was clearly official, among the first 1. Krem. Personal rule of Quarks. Bib. Me Free Bibliography Citation Maker. Select style search. Select style search. 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