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For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
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.
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 profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
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.]
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.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
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.
