APAD: Every man has his price

 

Meaning:

 

Anyone's support can be bought if you throw enough money (or alternate

bargaining item) at the problem

 

Background:

 

An early reference can be found in William Coxe's Memoirs of Walpole written in

1798, which records Walpole (English Prime Minister) saying in 1745: "All those

men have their price".

 

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Walpole certainly didn't have Buddha in mind when he said that. British ruled

India from 1858 but it's not hard to imagine the ideas had reached the island much

earlier. Or maybe none took them seriously.

 

On a second thought, maybe I was not reading carefully as he said "those men" 

referring to a certain crowd.

沙发点赞，谢谢APAD, 回家细看。：）

天生我材必有用

莫名想到这句，所有命运馈赠的礼物 都已在暗中标好了价格

More like 天生我材必有价

Nice! 命运 is a crafty b*tch!

重赏之下必有勇夫

Then rarely has anything that is priceless:)

Yes. 重赏 often blindsides 勇夫 :-)

Peace is priceless but often treated like dirt.

Soldiers understand nothing but war. Peace confuses them. - Troy, 2004

我这个中文翻译对吗？

In essence, yes. I agree.

priceless太有意思，可以是无价之宝，也可以是毫无价值

Just checked Internet，seems my translation is not correct

or every man has his price. said to mean that everyone can be persuaded to do something dishonest or immoral, 

FYI: I found this

""every man has his price" is apparently a mis-quote of a remark by Robert Walpole, made in 1734, that "I know the price of every man in this house (i.e. the House of Commons) except three", although it is believed that the phrase was in common use before this time."

from: https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/2622/looking-for-a-quote-it-may-be-true-that-every-man-has-his-price-but-there-is-n

Also this:

“Every man has his price. For some it's money, for some it's women, for others glory. But the honest man you don't have to buy - he winds up costing you nothing.”
- Harold Robbins, The Carpetbaggers

But I am also "new", and don't know any of the rules here;-)

So you can delete my comments if they were not fit and I have no objections.   

Sorry and Thanks.

The Internet is wrong :-) Take it easy.

Are you sure?

Thanks. It's obviously a stretch from Walpole's quote.

'Honesty' sounds vague.

For APAD? No other rules except we post one proverb a day:-)

" 'Honesty' sounds vague" sounds vague too. ;-)

Right, it depends on who and what and when.   But "honesty is still the best policy" ;-) 

Thanks. I really like and enjoy these APADs. Well done!

Sure. 和稀泥 feels good and helps get me through the day :-)

Thank you. You're welcome to play, anytime.

happiness is all we are after, brother ...

adrenaline rushes are the next best thing, sister. :-)

yes, I am sure when I am joking

李白曾为自己卖了一个好价钱而高兴很忘乎所以：仰天大笑出门去，我辈岂是蓬蒿人。

近来听到一些李白的负面新闻。