"A man who loses his money gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better."
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"The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose."
"We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation."
"Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts."
"The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck."
"Once a person gains experience and a good reputation, it takes less and less money to create bigger and bigger investments."
"Everyone tends to remember the past with greater fervor as the present gains greater importance."
"When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life."
"Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the point of exhaustion."
"Through our faith, we gain the courage to take action. And through action, we move one step closer toward the manifestation of our desires."
"Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it."
"What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?"
"Suppression of the feminine principal has enabled The Ego to gain absolute supremacy in the collective human psyche"
"Reason gains all people by compelling none."
"He who gains time gains everything."
"The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality."
"Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing."
"And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains. Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change."
"there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love."
"Once IBM gains control of a market sector, they almost always stop innovation. They prevent innovation from happening."