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PROVERB
THE BUSINESS WHICH DOES NOT ADVERTISE IS PAYING FOR THE SPACE USED
BY ITS COMPETITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PRACTICALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE BOUGHT WITH PAIN TEACHES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): RATIONALIZATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
PROVERB
PENNY WISE, DOLLAR FOOLISH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PICKED UP IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
SPENDING IRREGULARITIES OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN AN APARTMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Proverb
Caveat Emptor - Let the buyer beware.
Submitter comment:
...From HIgh School Economics and Latin class.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW:FFN
Keyword(s): Beware ; Buyer ; ECONOMICS ; Language ; LATIN ; PRUDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |