C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. Bargain
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.Pliny.
1 The modern craze for bargains has often inflicted great hardships upon a certain class of humble toilers.Douglas.
2 What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.Beecher.
3 I’ll give thrice so much land, To any well deserving friend; But in the way of bargain, mark me, I’ll cavil on the ninth part of a hair.
Shakespeare.
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