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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Business |
| A fair exchange brings no quarrel. Danish. | 1 |
| A good customer won’t change his shop, nor a good shop lose its customer once in three years. Chinese. | 2 |
| A man should sell his ware at the rates of the market. | 3 |
| A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. Chinese. | 4 |
| A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling. Pawnbroker’s Maxim. | 5 |
| A stock once gotten wealth grows up of its own accord. | 6 |
| A tradesman who gets not loseth. | 7 |
| Able to buy, don’t so buy as to frighten the seller: Able to sell, don’t so sell as to frighten the buyer. Chinese. | 8 |
| Ask but enough and you may lower the price as you like. | 9 |
| Ask too much to get enough. | 10 |
| At a great bargain make a pause. | 11 |
| At market prices do your trade, And mutual wrangling you’ll evade. Chinese. | 12 |
| At the first hand buy, at the third let lie. | 13 |
| Bad ware is never cheap. French. | 14 |
| Bad ware must be cried up. German. | 15 |
| Be not too hasty to outbid another. | 16 |
| Better sell for small profits than fail in business. Chinese. | 17 |
| Better sell than live poorly. | 18 |
| Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing. | 19 |
| Business before pleasure. | 20 |
| Business is the salt of life. | 21 |
| Business makes a man as well as tries him. | 22 |
| Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. | 23 |
| Business neglected is business lost. | 24 |
| Business sweetens pleasure, and labor sweetens rest. | 25 |
| Business to-morrow. (An exclamation of Archias that passed into a proverb, because he lost his life by delaying to open a letter warning him of a conspiracy against his life.) | 26 |
| Business with a stranger is title enough. Benjamin Disraeli. | 27 |
| Buy and sell and live by the loss. | 28 |
| Buy at a market, but sell at home. | 29 |
| By entering all that’s sold or bought, You’ll escape much anxious afterthought. Chinese. | 30 |
| Despatch is the soul of business. Chesterfield. | 31 |
| Do business, but be not a slave to it. | 32 |
| Drive thy business, let not that drive thee. Franklin. | 33 |
| Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off. Italian. | 34 |
| Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. | 35 |
| Every man as his business lies. | 36 |
| Every man doth his own business best. | 37 |
| For the buyer a hundred eyes are too few, for the seller one is enough. Italian. | 38 |
| From small profits and many expenses, Come a whole life of sad consequences. Chinese. | 39 |
| Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake. Chinese. | 40 |
| Having capital to open an eating-house, I dread not the most capacious stomachs. Chinese. | 41 |
| He fattens the mule and starves the horse; i.e., one partner gets rich at the expense of another. Chinese. | 42 |
| He has an eye to business. | 43 |
| He has more business than English ovens at Christmas. | 44 |
| He hath made a good progress in a business that hath thought well of it beforehand. | 45 |
| He that doeth his own business hurteth not his hand. | 46 |
| He that minds his business at home will not be accused of taking part in the fray. Spanish. | 47 |
| He that mindeth not his own business shall never be trusted with mine. Spanish. | 48 |
| He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business. | 49 |
| He that will sell lawn must learn to fold it. | 50 |
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| He who does his own business does not soil his fingers. | 51 |
| If a little does not go much cash will not come. Chinese. | 52 |
| If you would not be cheated ask the price at three shops. Chinese. | 53 |
| In business one must be perfectly affable. Chinese. | 54 |
| It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it open. Chinese. | 55 |
| It is the very life of merchandise to buy cheap and sell dear. Chinese. | 56 |
| Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee. Franklin. | 57 |
| Let every man mind his own business and the cows will be well tended. French. | 58 |
| Liked gear is half bought. | 59 |
| Long choosing and cheapening ends in buying nothing or bad wares. German. | 60 |
| Mind no business but your own. Dr. Johnson. | 61 |
| Mind your own business. | 62 |
| One cannot live by selling ware for words. | 63 |
| Pity and compassion spoil business. Meran the Hindu. | 64 |
| That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business. | 65 |
| To do a good trade wants nothing but resolution; to do a large one nothing but application. Chinese. | 66 |
| Use both such goods and money as suit your market. Chinese. | 67 |
| We can deal with ready money customers: those who want credit may spare their breath. Chinese. | 68 |
| What is every man’s business is no man’s business. | 69 |
| When one cheats up to heaven in the price he asks, you come down to earth in the price you offer. Chinese. | 70 |
| Whenever you go about to trade, Of showing your silver be afraid. Chinese. | 71 |
| Where much pushing must be made, There cannot be a lively trade. Chinese. | 72 |
| Who does not ready money clutch, Of business has not much. Chinese. | 73 |
| Who drives not his business, his business drives. German. | 74 |
| Without business debauchery. | 75 |
| Without capital. Literal: A farmer without an ox, a merchant without capital. Chinese. | 76 |
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