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FerengiRules.py
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# Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
"""
copied from friend.py program
"""
#--------------------------------------------------------------------- RULE OF ACQUISITION
#def Ferengi_rules():
print("\n ----------- Ferengi Rules of Acquisition ----------------")
ruleNum = int(input(" Enter Ferengi Rule number: "))
the_Rules = {1: "once you have their money, you never give it back", 2: "The best deal is the one that brings the most profit.", 3: "Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.", 4: "Time and Latinum are precious.", 5: "Always exaggerate your estimate.", 6: "Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.", 7: "Keep your ears open.", 8: "Small print leads to large risk.", 9: "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit", 10: "Greed is eternal.", \
11: "Even if its free, you can always buy it cheaper.", 12: "Anything worth selling is worth selling twice.", 13: "Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.", 14: "Keep your family close; keep your Latinum closer.", 15: "Dead men close no deals", 16: "A deal is a deal, until a better one comes along.", 17: "A contract is a contract is a contract: but only between Ferengi.", 18: "A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.", 19: "Satisfaction is not guaranteed.", 20: "He who dives under the table today, lives to profit tomorrow.",\
21: "Never place friendship before profit.", 22: "A wise man can hear profit in the wind.", 23: "Nothing is more important than health, except money.", 24: "Latinum can\'t buy happiness, but you can sure have a blast renting it.", 25: "You pay for it, it\'s your idea.", 26: "As the customers go, so goes the wise profiteer.", 27: "There\'s nothing more dangerous than an honest businessman.", 28: "Whisper your way to success.", 29: "Always ask, \'Whats in it for me?\' ", 30: "Talk is cheap, synthehol isnt.",\
31: "Never make fun of a Ferengi\'s mother.", 32: "Be careful what you sell, it may do exactly what the customer expects.", 33: "It never hurts to suck up to the boss.", 34: "War is good for business.", 35: "Peace is good for business.", 36: "Neutrality is good for business.", 37: "If it\'s free, take it and worry about hidden costs later.", 38: "Everyone needs something.", 39: "Friendship is temporary; profit is forever.", 40: "She can touch your lobes, but never your Latinum.", \
41: "Profit is its own reward.", 42: "What\'s mine is mine.", 43: "Whats yours can be mine.", 44: "Never confuse wisdom with luck.", 45: "Expand or Die.", 46: "Make your shop easy to find.", 47: "Don\'t trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.", 48: "The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.", 49: "Everything is worth something to somebody.", 50: "Gratitude can bring on generosity.", \
51: "Reward anyone who adds to your profits so they will continue to do so.", 52: "Never ask when you can take.", 53: " Never trust anybody taller than you.", 54: " Never trust a Ferengi with bigger lobes.", 55: " Advertise.", 56: " Be discreet.", 57: " Good customers are as rare as Latinum; treasure them.", 58: " There is no substitute for success.", 59: " Free advice is seldom cheap.", 60: " Keep your lies consistent.", \
61: " Never underestimate the power of bribery.", 62: " The riskier the road, the greater the profit.", 63: " Share only what isn\'t yours.", 64: " You don\'t need a store front to set up shop.", 65: " Win or lose, there\'s always Huyperian beetle snuff.", 66: " Double the price, then sell it half off.", 67: " Always inspect the merchandise.", 68: " A little ear stroking goes a long way.", 69: " Ferengi are not responsible for the stupidity of other races.", \
70: "Ferengi are not responsible for the stupidity of other Ferengi.", 71: " Close the deal, and then answer questions.", 72: " Never trust your customers.", 73: " If it gets you profit, sell your own mother.", 74: " Knowledge equals profit.", 75: " Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of Latinum.", 76: "Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies", 77: "It\'s better to swallow your pride than to lose your profit.", 78: " When the going gets tough, the tough change the Rules.", 79: " Beware of the Vulcan greed for knowledge.", 80: " Greed is known by many names.", \
81: "There\'s a difference between being a coward and running away.", 82: " The flimsier the product, the higher the price.", 83: " Even the wealth of the Nagus started with one slip of Latinum.", 84: "A friend is not a friend if he asks for a discount.", 85: " Never let the competition know what you\'re thinking.", 86: " When the odds are against you never give up; just quit.", 87: " A friend in need means three times the profit.", 88: " It ain\'t over untill it\'s over.", 89: " Ask not what your profits can do for you, ask what you can do for your profits.", 90: " The Divine Treasury awaits.", \
91: "Hear all, trust nothing.", 92: " There are many paths to profit.", 93: "Act without delay! The sharp knife cuts quickly.", 94: " Females and finances don\'t mix.", 95: " Prejudice only eliminates customers.", 96: " For every Rule, there is an equal and opposite Rule (except when there\'s not.)", 97: " Enough... is never enough.", 98: " Every man has his price.", 99: " Trust is the biggest liability of all.", 100: " If they take your first offer, you either asked too little, or offered too much.", \
101: "The only value of a collectible is what you can get somebody else to pay forit.", 102: "Nature decays, but Latinum lasts forever.", 103: " Sleep can interfere with negotiations.", 104: " Faith moves mountains of inventory.", 105: " Don\'t trust anyone who trusts you.", 106: " There is no honor in poverty.", 107: " A warranty is valid only if they can find you.", 108: " Don\'t buy what you can\'t sell.", 109: " Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.", 110: " Playing dumb is often smart.", \
111: "Treat people in your debt like family, exploit them [ruthlessly].", 112: " Never have sex with the boss\'s sister.", 113: "Always have sex with the boss.", 114: " The one in power defines morality.", 115: " The best contract always has a lot of fine print.", 116: " There\'s always a catch.", 117: " Profit is the better part of valor.", 118: " There is no profit in revenge.", 119: " Never judge a customer by the size of his wallet, sometimes, good thing come in small packages.", 120: " Borrow on a handshake, lend in writing.", \
121: "Everything is for sale, including friendship.", 122: " Do not forsake your profits and they will watch over you.", 123: "Even a blind man can recognize the glow of Latinum.", 124: " Diligent hands bring wealth.", 125: " You can\'t make a deal if you\'re dead.", 126: " Count it.", 127: " Stay neutral in conflict so that you can sell supplies to both sides.", 128: " Secrets are commodities, sell them.", 129: " The fear of poverty is the beginning of knowledge.", 130: " Never pay for sentiment, always charge for it.", \
131: " Information is profit", 132: " Never take no from someone who wasn\'t authorized to give you yes.", 133: "Only those ideas that lead to profit are good.", 134: "One good turn requires another.", 135: " Never trust a beneficiary.", 136: " Seek profit first and everything else will follow.", 137: " Everything is negotiable", 138: " Wealth brings satisfaction.", 139: " Wives serve, brothers inherit.", 140: " Better great treasure with trouble than peace with poverty.", \
141: " Only fools pay retail", 142: " There\'s no such thing as an unfair advantage.", 143: " Risk is part of the game... play it for all it\'s worth.", 144: " There\'s nothing wrong with charity...as long as it winds up in your pocket.", 145: " A little and often fills your pockets.", 146: "Necessity is the mother of invention. Profit is the father.", 147: " In all worthwhile labor there is profit.", 148: " Wealth enables experience.", 149: " Profit is encouragement to industry and enterprise.", 150: " The way to become rich is to put all your Latinum in one sack, then watch the sack.", \
151: "The man is richest who\'s pleasures are cheapest.", 152: " A lie is a way to tell the truth to someone who doesn\'t know.", 153: " Sell the sizzle, not the steak.", 154: "Work hard so you don\'t have to.", 155: " When you have only 2 slips of Latinum left, buy bread with one, and bet the other.", 156: " Pain passes, but profits remain.", 157: " Power is 50%' what you have and 50%' what people think you have.", 158: " Rainy days are good for business.", 159: " Common sense is the collection of the customer\'s prejudices.", 160: " The first principle of a rigid businessman is to always be flexible.", \
161: "There are no creeds in mathematics.", 162: " Happiness is not mere possession of profit, but joy of acquisition.", 163: " Beyond the mountains there are more mountains.", 164: " Even in the worst of times, someone turns a profit.", 165: " When a friend makes profit, you don\'t.", 166: " Life does not guarantee equality of conditions, only of opportunity.", 167: " Never let your sense of morals get in the way of opportunity.", 168: " The success of any great transaction does not depend on odds.", 169: " Earning is not only a duty it\'s a privilege.", 170: " Whisper your way to success.", \
171: " Competition and fair play are mutually exclusive.", 172: " The hand that feeds could be bitten.", 173: " Blood is thicker than water, and Latinum is thicker than both.", 174: " Chances aren\'t what they used to be.", 175: " Dream, plan, believe, act.", 176: " If you can\'t buy it, find someone who can.", 177: " Gratitude is expensive.", 178: " The wind always favors the best navigator.", 179: " Know your enemies... but do business with them always.", 180: " Power, leisure, and liberty are all words for profit.", \
181: "Opportunity may bring profit, friendship rarely does.", 182:" Never discuss an opportunity with someone wealthier than you.", 183:" Not even dishonesty can tarnish the shine of profit.", 184:" The cost for profit is never too high.", 185:" When it\'s a question of profit, everyone is of one belief.", 186:" In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.", 187:" Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.", 188:" There is no security, only opportunity.", 189:" The philosophy of one is the common sense of another.", 190:" A fool and his money are the best customer.",\
191: "Let others keep their reputation. You keep their money.", 192:" Hear all, trust nothing.", 193:" A Ferengi waits to bid until his opponents have exhausted themselves.", 194:" Never cheat a Klingon... unless you\'re sure you can get away with it.", 195:" Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of desire.", 196:" It\'s always good business to know about new customers before they walk in your door.", 197:" You can\'t jump a 20 foot gorge in two 10 foot jumps.", 198:" Listen to advice; then do what you want anyway.", 199:" Pickbattles big enough to matter, but small enough to win.", 200:"You can\'t shake hands with a fist.",\
201: "The universe is not as difficult to comprehend as a Vulcan.", 202: " A Ferengi chooses no side but his own.", 203: " Wisdom consists of the anticipation of costs and consequences.", 204: " The justification of profit is profit.", 205: " New customers are like razor-backed Gree-worms... They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back!", 206: " It takes a Ferengi to cheat a Ferengi.", 207: " Trust can be expensive", 208: "Distrust can be expensive.", 209: " Sense without education is better than education without sense.", 210: " Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question, is an answer.", \
211: " To many lobes spoil the deal.", 212: " Always be smarter than the people you hire.", 213: " Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success... don\'t hesitate to step on them.", 214: " You and your Latinum are all you\'ve got.", 215: " Those who concede to sell for less understand the value of business.", 216: " Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach.", 217: " Profit may not bring happiness, but there is no happiness without profit.", 218: "Never gamble with an empath.", 219: " You can\'t free a fish from water.", 220: " Always know what you\'re buying.", \
221: " Possession is 11/10 of the law.", 222: " Listen what they say while watching what they do.", 223: " Computers can only give you the answers.", 224: " The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be believed.", 225: " Beware the man who doesn\'t make time for oo-mox.", 226: " Listen to your lobes.", 227: " Always follow one step ahead.", 228: " Learn the language; translators malfunction.", 229: " Emulation with profit is better than innovation with none.", 230: " Bid high and bid often.", \
231: " Latinum lasts longer than lust.", 232: " If they\'re smarter than you, make them a lesser partner.", 233: " There\'s a customer born every minute; be sure you\'re the first to find each one.", 234: " Deal only with select clientele. (Those who are rich and not so bright.)", 235: " Latinum doesn\'t grow on trees.", 236: " There\'s nothing wrong with a good delusion.", 237: " Duck; death is tall.", 238: " You can\'t buy fate.", 239: " It\'s good to want things, especially things you can\'t have.", 240: " How I handle my business is none of yours.", \
241: "Never be afraid to mislabel a product.", 242: " Do it yourself and keep it yourself.", 243: " Never trust a hardworking employee.", 244: "More is good... all is better.", 245: " The more good will you can generate, the longer your customers stay.", 246: " Because something\'s priceless doesn\'t mean it\'s not worthless.", 247: " Benevolence is 50/50.", 248: " Innocence is expensive.", 249: " Don\'t negotiate with the underlings.", 250: " Profit is in the details.", \
251: " Once it\'s sold stop selling.", 252: " Precious things are for those that can prize them.", 253: " Don\'t miss the opportunity by grabbing at the shadow.", 254: "Little steps may prove great profit.", 255: " Synthehol is the lubricant of choice for a customer\'s stuck purse.", 256: " Better a fat slave than to starve free.", 257: " A wife is a luxury... a smart accountant, a necessity.", 258: " Accountants do not play the game; they only keep the score.", 259: "Despise the things you cannot have.", 260: " A slip in the hand is better than a bar in sight.", \
261: "Wealth not yours might well as not exist.", 262: " Life\'s not fair. How else would you turn a profit?", 263: " A wealthy man can afford anything except a conscience.", 264: " A verbal contract isn\'t worth the paper it\'s written on.", 265: " Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for Latinum.", 266: " Distrust interested advice.", 267: " The customer is always right... until you get their Latinum.", 268: " When in doubt, lie.", 269: " If you believe it, they believe it.", 270: " Hold on to what you have, but plan for future luck.", \
271: "Trying to please an enemy makes you the loser everytime.", 272:" In business deals, a disruptor can be almost as important as a calculator.", 273:" What we want is not always the most profitable.", 274:" Think twice before leaping once.", 275:" Don\'t waste your breath arguing with a Klingon; save it for the running you may have to do.", 276:" Consider your next transaction while counting your Latinum.", 277:" Foolish investment based on foolish advice is still foolish investment.", 278:" Overbooking is standard practice.", 279:" Anything worth fighting for is worth hiding from.",\
280: "Appearances are deceptive. Dress above yourself.", 281:" Necessity knows no price.", 282:" If it ain\'t broke, don\'t fix it.", 283:" Greed cannot overreach itself.", 284:" The value of something is not in its use, but in its price.", 285:" An individual is smart, a group is not.", 286:" Deep down, everyone\'s a Ferengi.", 287:" No good deed ever goes unpunished."}
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print(" #", the_Rules[ruleNum])
print("*" * 60, "\n")