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An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do.
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do.
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid read more
From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid ex usu
sit.]
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
And gain is gain, however small.
And gain is gain, however small.