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Letter "G" » Gain
"Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do."
Author: Thomas Carlyle
About: Gain
"And if you mean to profit, learn to please."
Author: Charles Churchill
About: Gain
"Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields."
Author: John Philips
About: Gain
"He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
[Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]"
Author: Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
About: Gain
"Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all
The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,
And is enough for both."
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Gain
"This casket threatens; men that hazard all
Do it in hope of fair advantages.
A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross;
I'll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead."
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Gain
"No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect."
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Gain
"An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]"
Author: Syrus (Publilius Syrus)
About: Gain
"From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid ex usu
sit.]"
Author: Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)
About: Gain
"As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no
pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this
arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and
happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.
- George Washington,"
Author: George Washington
About: Gain
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