A man must sell his ware at the rate of the market.

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A man must sell his ware at the rate of the market.

Proverb collected by Thomas Preston

Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 1030. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_1030

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