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)

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.

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