| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 9636 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824), British poet. Letter, July 14, 1821. Byron’s Letters and Journals, vol. 8, ed. Leslie A. Marchand (1973-1981). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Byron Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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