Sayings about Bargains
Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman. ~ Hungarian Proverb
Life is the greatest bargain – we get it for nothing. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
The person who does not ask will never get a bargain. ~ French Proverb
A miser and a liar bargain quickly. ~ Greek Proverbs
Don’t bargain with God. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Good bargains empty your pockets. ~ German Proverb
He that does not ask will never get a bargain. ~ French Proverb
Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~ Indian Proverbs
Make your bargain before beginning to plow. ~ Arabian Proverb
It takes two to make a bargain.~ American Proverbs
To give an egg to get an ox. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Forever is a long bargain. ~ German Proverbs
There are twenty-five uncaught birds for a penny. ~ Afghani Proverb
There are three things that attract: a house for its inhabitants, a woman for her spouse, and a bargain for a customer. ~ Hebrew Proverb
To give a cap and get a cloak. ~ Latin Proverbs
He who hasn’t a penny sees bargains everywhere. ~ Chinese Proverb
Make every bargain clear and plain, that none may afterwards complain. ~ Traditional Proverb
It is a bad bargain, where both are losers. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Bargains
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
What do I care for the colored pins on a General’s map? It’s not a fair bargain–this exchange of my life for a small part of a colored pin. ~ Irwin Shaw
My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter. ~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Here’s the rule for bargains: “Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true business precept. ~ Charles Dickens Quotes
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction; do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war. ~ Lord Byron
I believe you are your work. Don’t trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That’s a rotten bargain. ~ Rita Mae Brown
When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage – that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain. ~ Laurence Sterne
There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.~ François de la Rochefoucauld
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. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
It’s just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less. ~ George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny. ~ Plutarch
Necessity never made a good bargain. ~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes
A bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t resist. ~ Franklin P. Jones
To sell something, tell a woman it’s a bargain; tell a man it’s deductible. ~ Earl Wilson
Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for. ~ King Stanislaus of Poland
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. ~ Anatole France
If you don’t get what you want, it’s a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price. ~ Rudyard Kipling
A man of faith does not bargain or stipulate with God. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment. ~ Pliny the Elder
My heart is a bargain today. Will you take it? ~ W. C. Fields
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. ~ B. C. Forbes Quotes
I don’t write polite letters. I don’t like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.~ Roy M. Cohn
A bargain is anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on. ~ Kin Hubbard
