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"Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so, by hoping more, they have but less; Or, gaining more, the profit of excess Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain, That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain."
"That, sir, which serves and seeks for gain, And follows but for form, Will pack, when it begins to rain, And leave thee in a storm."
"Who, doomed to go in company with Pain And Fear and Bloodshed,-miserable train!- Turns his necessity to glorious gain."
"The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power."
"The meaning of the living words that come out of the experiences of great hearts can never be exhausted by any one system of logical interpretation. They have to be endlessly explained by the commentaries of individual lives, and they gain an added mystery in each new revelation."
"I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it."
"I'm dead, not impotent. Nasty rumors like that must be squashed before they gain momentum. Feel free to emphasize how very functional I am."
"Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes: it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something else is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts."
"The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records between the material and the moral nature."
"It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth."
"Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence."
"But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the pleasure of possession, will be for some time our sorrow for the loss."
"Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws."
"I own over ninety-five different hats and, over the years, have lost or given away 120 hats. You gain to lose you lose to gain."
"I shall gain glory or die."
"I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know."
"Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money."
"Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men."
"To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain."
"Ill-gotten gains work evil."
