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Never buy a what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
Thomas Jefferson Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith · 1825

Quotes

“One good husband is worth two good wives; for the scarcer things are the more they’re valued.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The gain to the winner is, in some odd way, always less than the loss to the loser.”

Ian Fleming · Moonraker, 1955 · Primary source

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.”

Benjamin Franklin · No reliable source

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