広告なしでビジネスをするのは、暗闇で女性にウィンクするようなものだ。自分では何をしているかわかっているが、他の人には何もわからない。 - エドガー・ワトソン・ハウ (1853 - 1937)
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Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark: you know what you are doing, but nobody else does. - E. W. [Edgar Watson] Howe (1853 - 1937)
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