quotations about bargains
Bargains are fine things, but a business conducted entirely on bargains is liable to be in the hands of the sheriff early in its history.
TWIN CITY COMMERCIAL BULLETIN
Trade: A Journal for Retail Merchants, 1909
The timely buyer Hath cheaper his fire.
THOMAS TUSSER
Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.
ROBIN HOBB
City of Dragons
A good bargain is a pick-purse.
GEORGE HERBERT
Jacula Prudentum
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
ANATOLE FRANCE
attributed, The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
Never trade a secret. You'll always get the short end of the bargain.
JOHN LE CARRE
The Mission Song