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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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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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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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And gain is gain, however small.

And gain is gain, however small.

by Robert Browning Found in: Gain Quotes,
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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.]

by Syrus (publilius Syrus) 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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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.

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Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.

Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.

by John Philips Found in: Gain Quotes,
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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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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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