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    Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all
    The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,
    And is enough for both.

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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.]

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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.

by Latin Proverb Found in: Gain Quotes,
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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

by George Herbert Found in: Gain Quotes,
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For everything you have missed you have gained something.

For everything you have missed you have gained something.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Gain Quotes,
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As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no
pecuniary consideration could have tempted read more

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,

by George Washington Found in: Gain Quotes,
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It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the read more

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

by Thorstein Veblen Found in: Gain Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Gain Quotes,
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And gain is gain, however small.

And gain is gain, however small.

by Robert Browning Found in: Gain Quotes,
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