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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.]
And gain is gain, however small.
And gain is gain, however small.
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.
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.
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,
Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all
The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,
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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.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.