Quotations by John Ruskin


VALUE

 

It's unwise to pay too much, but it's unwise to pay too little.

 

When you pay too much you lose a little money, that's all.

When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing

you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.

 

The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot.

It can't be done! If you deal with the lowest bidder, its well to add something for the risk you run.

 

And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.

 

 

 

"The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It can't be done.

If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run.

And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."

 

 

 

PRICE

 

There is hardly anything in the world today that some men can't make

just a little worse and sell just a little cheaper, and the people

who buy on price alone are this mans lawful prey.

 

John Ruskin (1819-1900)