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> # We have established what you are, madam. We are now merely haggling over the price.

[George Bernard Shaw](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw)\#240

[Identity](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/identity/)[Business](https://quotesby.net/topics/business/)[Negotiation](https://quotesby.net/topics/negotiation/)[Value](https://quotesby.net/topics/value/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The speaker states that identity is established and only price remains to be negotiated.In plain termsWe know who you are, now we just talk price.What can you take from it?Identity precedes value.

### Where it applies

- business deals
- conflict resolution

### Putting it to work

- clarify identity
- negotiate terms

### Questions to consider

- Is identity fixed?
- What is the price?

### Another view

It reduces complex interactions to transaction.

## More from George Bernard Shaw

1. > War does not decide who is right but who is left.

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2. > When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.\[1\]

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3. > There is no love sincerer than the love of food.\[1\]

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