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    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,

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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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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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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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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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And if you mean to profit, learn to please.

And if you mean to profit, learn to please.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Gain Quotes,
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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.

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This casket threatens; men that hazard all
Do it in hope of fair advantages.
A golden mind read more

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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Gain Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Beaumont 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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