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The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.

Mark Twain
Business, Men, Double Standard
Following the Equator ch. 13, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)
The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.