“Better to be cheated by the price than by the merchandise.”

—  Baltasar Gracián , book The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Más vale ser engañado en el precio que en la mercadería.
Maxim 157 (p. 89)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)

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