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Wisdom about sales.

What people have learned about sales the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.

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From the library

4 public-domain lines, each checked against its source text

Coaching
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Discipline
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Gratitude
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.