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[[File:Horton_hatches_the_egg.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Didn’t include a [[Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999]] clause. May now be regretting it.]]
{{image|Horton hatches the egg|jpg|Didn’t include a [[Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999]] clause. May now be regretting it.}}
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:“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. <br />
“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. <br />
:An Elephant’s faithful<br />
An Elephant’s faithful<br />
:One-hundred percent!”<br />
One-hundred percent!”<br />
:::-- Dr. Suess - ''Horton Hatches the Egg''  
:-- Dr. Suess ''Horton Hatches the Egg''}}


Some principles which should help you make a good [[bargain]].
Some principles which should help you make a good [[bargain]].
*{{tag|Magic words}} are a really bad risk mitigant. {{truism|Don’t take a piece of paper to a knife fight}}.
*{{tag|Magic words}} are a really bad risk mitigant. {{maxim|Don’t take a piece of paper to a knife fight}}.
*The foundation of any contract is ''trust''. If you don’t trust your counterparty, ''don’t make a contract with it''.  
*The foundation of any contract is ''trust''. If you don’t trust your counterparty, ''don’t make a contract with it''.  
*The moment you say [[for the avoidance of doubt]], you acknowledged you don’t trust someone or something. Best case, it’s only your own faculty with the English language.
*The moment you say [[for the avoidance of doubt]], you acknowledged you don’t trust someone or something. Best case, it’s only your own faculty with the English language.
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*[[For the avoidance of doubt]]
*[[For the avoidance of doubt]]
*[[:Category:Plain English|Plain English]]
*[[:Category:Plain English|Plain English]]
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