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title: "10 Auctioneer Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/when-the-slave-auctioneer-asked-in-what-he-was-proficient-he-replied/)

[Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/diogenes-4214_people_when-the-slave-auctioneer-asked-in-what_2421818.png)

> [I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-billings/i-ve-never-known-an-auctioneer-to-lie-unless-it-was-absolutely/)

[Josh Billings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-billings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/josh-billings-777_funny-business_i-ve-never-known-an-auctioneer-to-lie-un_2799583.png)

> [“It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-only-an-auctioneer-who-should-admire-all-schools-of-art/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/oscar-wilde-16_admire_it-is-only-an-auctioneer-who-should-admi_211739.jpg)

> [An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/an-auctioneer-is-a-man-who-proclaims-with-a-hammer-that-he-has-picked/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/ambrose-bierce-140_business_an-auctioneer-is-a-man-who-proclaims-wit_3085270.jpg)

> [It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-only-an-auctioneer-who-can-equally-and-impartially-admire-all/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/oscar-wilde-16_admire_it-is-only-an-auctioneer-who-can-equally_1455744.jpg)

> [A great friend and mentor, Simon de Pury, invited me to be auctioneer at Phillips de Pury, which was a great honor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gilkes/a-great-friend-and-mentor-simon-de-pury-invited-me-to-be-auctioneer/)

[Alexander Gilkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gilkes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/alexander-gilkes-16519_friend_a-great-friend-and-mentor-simon-de-pury_2007587.jpg)

> [An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/an-auctioneer-is-such-a-uniquely-american-thing-i-keep-thinking-in-my/)

[Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/jack-white-1911_american-tradition_an-auctioneer-is-such-a-uniquely-america_2682197.png)

> [“Hide yourself under a bushel quickly, for if your real usefulness were known to the world you would soon be knocked down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/hide-yourself-under-a-bushel-quickly-for-if-your-real-usefulness-were/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/kakuz-okakura-14816_highest-bidder_hide-yourself-under-a-bushel-quickly-for_2379591.jpg)

> [The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-auctioneer-is-talking-for-both-people-and-that-s-the-big/)

[Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/jack-white-1911_about_the-auctioneer-is-talking-for-both-peopl_1304516.png)

> [Auctions typically are an opportunity for you to be able to acquire what you're looking for at a lower price; typically, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gilkes/auctions-typically-are-an-opportunity-for-you-to-be-able-to-acquire/)

[Alexander Gilkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gilkes/)

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