“He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.”
Pt. II, Lib. III, Ch. III.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)
“6129. Who buys,
Had need of an hundred Eyes;
But one's enough,
For him that sells the Stuff.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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