Gain Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Gain


Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Carlyle—Essays. Goethe’s Helena.	1
And if you mean to profit, learn to please. Churchill—Gotham. Bk. II. L. 88.	2
Little pains In a due hour employ’d great profit yields. John Philips—Cider. Bk. I. L. 126.	3
Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quærit lucrum. He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. Plautus—Asinaria. I. 3. 65.	4
Share the advice betwixt you: if both gain, all The gift doth stretch itself as ’tis receiv’d, And is enough for both. All’s Well That Ends Well. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 3.	5
Men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages: A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross. Merchant of Venice. Act II. Sc. 7. L. 18.	6
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. Taming of the Shrew. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 39.	7
Lucrum malum æquale dispendio. An evil gain equals a loss. Syrus—Maxims.	8
Hoc scitum’st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid ex usu sit. From others’ slips some profit from one’s self to gain. Terence—Heauton timorumenos. I. 2.	9
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—In Congress on his Appointment as Commander-in-Chief, June 16, 1775.	10