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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
[Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
[Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
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.
And gain is gain, however small.
And gain is gain, however small.
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.
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.
Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.