Gain

Gain is an increase in wealth, often through profit or an increase in value of an investment. Quotes And if you mean to profit, learn to please. Charles Churchill, Gotham (1764), Book II, line 88. Share the advice betwixt you: if both gain, allThe gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,And is enough for both. William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act II, scene 1, line 3. Men that hazard allDo it in hope of fair advantages:A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act II, scene 7, line 18. No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;In brief, sir, study what you most affect. William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act I, scene 1, line 39. 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). Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 306. Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Thomas Carlyle, Essays, Goethe's Helena. Little painsIn a due hour employ'd great profit yields. John Philips, Cider, Book I, line 126. Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quærit lucrum. He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. Plautus, Asinaria, I, 3, 65. Lucrum malum æquale dispendio. An evil gain equals a loss. Syrus, Maxims. 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. External links Gain (finance) gain Category:Economics