Plautus Quotes

Every thing receives a value from its use, and the Value is raised [or lowered], according to its Quality, Quantity and Demand.

Land will continue to rise in value, being yet capable of Improvement; And as the Demand increases, for the Quantity will be the same

And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price.

The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand.

Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.

There's an audience for everything.

The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.

Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.

If Money were given to a People in greater Quantity than there was a Demand for, Money would fall in its value; but if only given equal to the Demand, it will not fall in value.

5,000 units will saturate the market.

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

Anything that's good and has a certain amount of quality, slowly but surely, it will be accepted.

It's nice to be in demand.

Popularity is not an indication of quality.

Popular is not the same important, or often, not the same as good.

Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.

All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.

Good wares make good markets.

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.

It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable.

Good things come in small packages.

If you're doing something that people want, they'll find you.

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.

When you're shiny, everyone wants to stand next to you.

I am not at all in favor of hard work for its own sake; many people who work very hard indeed produce terrible things, and should most certainly not be encouraged.