"We gain so much by quickness, and lose so much by slowness."
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"Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain; For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, Still smiles on, and it is never cast down."
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"Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose"
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"For one gains by losing And loses by gaining."
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"Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain"
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"The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder."
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"When you find errors in conventional wisdom-when everyone says A and A is not true-you gain competitive advantage. Only a few times do you have to find errors in conventional wisdom to make a living."
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"In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim."
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"The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!"
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"The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain."
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"The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain."
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"To deny being lovers in order to gain something.That can result in a much worse situation than one can imagine."
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"Managers tend to pick a strategy that is the least likely to fail, rather then to pick a strategy that is most efficient," Said Palmer. " The pain of looking bad is worse than the gain of making the best move."
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"Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him."
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"Everyone wants to be perceived a certain way, to gain the things that they have decided are the things that they want in their life."
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"I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly."
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"The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day."
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"The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain."
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"History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun."
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"You never gain something but that you lose something."
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