[PW] "You Get What You Pay For"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Therese Purcell Nielsen wrote:

> A patron wishes to know the origin of the adage "You get what you pay
> for." Any and all suggestions or leads would be appreciated. Thanks.

The only proverb dictionary that seems to include this is the Dictionary 
of American Proverbs (1992), which has no pre-1992 citations.  I haven't 
tried any database searching for it.

Fred Shapiro


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