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Business before pleasure

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We must take care of our responsibilities before enjoying ourselves.

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How to use Business before pleasure in a sentence

If they had listened to the excellent motto, "Business before pleasure," they might never have been married.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
I wish I could keep you company longer, but business before pleasure, you know.
Making His Way|Horatio Alger, Jr.
Mr. Smith always puts business before pleasure; haven't you found that out yet, Mr. Jibbey?
The Real Man|Francis Lynde
"We will excuse you, Mr. Winthrope—business before pleasure, always," said Edith.
Edith and John|Franklin S. Farquhar

But, hum—ha, no doubt at present he has done the right thing in attending to business before pleasure.
Leonore Stubbs|L. B. Walford