Gain Quotes
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Consciousness makes the individual careful to maintain his own existence; and if this were not so, there would be no surety for the preservation of the species. From all this it is clear that individuality is not a form of perfection, but rather a limitation; and so to be freed from it is not loss but gain.
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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
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I believe in nonfat. I gain two pounds when I eat a lamb chop.
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The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.
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The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
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Some people gain weight during times of stress, but I lose weight.
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When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
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Books seem to me to be pestilent things, and infect all that trade in them...with something very perverse and brutal. Printers, binders, sellers, and others that make a trade and gain out of them have universally so odd a turn and corruption of mind that they have a way of dealing peculiar to themselves, and not conformed to the good of society and that general fairness which cements mankind.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Young men and women come of age when they look at their parents and see them not only as their parents but as people. They gain a lot of compassion, and it's easier to accept their flaws.
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Gain or loss, what is worse?
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You really need to give us much love as you possibly can. Be kind. Be of service to people, not for you to gain anything but just out of pure love. That's what people are lacking, that pure genuine love.
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Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
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Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!
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The way to gain a friend is to be one.
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You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.
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The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.
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I take, O cross, thy shadow For my abiding place I ask no other sunshine than The sunshine of His face Content to let the world go by To know no gain nor loss My sinful self my only shame My glory all the cross.
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Superiority to Fate Is difficult to gain 'Tis not conferred of Any But possible to earn.
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The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose - especially their lives.
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Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.
