When I See A Merchant Over-polite To His Customers, Begging Them To Taste A Little Brandy And Throwing Half His Goods On The Counter,--thinks I, That Man Has An Axe To Grind.

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When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers, begging them to
taste a little brandy and throwing half his goods on the counter,--thinks
I, that man has an axe to grind.
-- Charles Miner (1780-1865)
-- Who 'll turn Grindstones

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