“Buy someone for what they’re worth; sell them for what they think they’ll bring”

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A Way with Words
Buy Someone for What They’re Worth and Sell Them for What They Think They’ll Bring
Posted by Grant Barrett on October 14, 2017
For a clever way to describe someone as arrogant, you can always say, “I’d like to buy him for what he’s worth and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth” or “what he thinks he’ll bring.”