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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
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.]
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
