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Come with me into the world and reclaim your independence. You stand to gain so much, and riches are the least of it.

Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.

Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.

Declines are temporary, gains are permanent.

Deep knowledge is not knowledge of the thing itself, but knowledge of a thing like the thing. Then, you gain not one knowledge, but two knowledges. Of the thing. And of the original thing with is like the thing. Which is the barbarism of the privileged class.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster

Don’t pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help.

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me.

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.

Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.

Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage.

Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.

...even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Even the sadistic misogyny of Buddha and Christ was nothing but an attempt to gain the better of a vastly superior opponent.

Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

Every mortal loss is an immortal gain.

Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted.

Everyone tends to remember the past with greater fervor as the present gains greater importance.

Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.

Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing counts, unless we are awake. No enjoyments last, no successes satisfy, no gains have meaning unless accomplished in a state of wakefulness.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Except in the rare cases of great dynamic thinkers whose thoughts are as turning-points in the history of our race, it is by Style that writers gain distinction, by Style they secure their immortality.

Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Experience is the main reason why we're here, I think, in the world to gain experience and from our experience we gain knowledge. Oh, I think so, anyway. Knowledge and if we get any knowledge then we gain liberation.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle and it's from failure that you gain life experience.

For everything you gain, you lose something.

For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons of transportation were lost.

For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.

For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.

For the first time in the history of the world, Buddhism proclaimed a salvation which each individual could gain from him or herself, in this world, during this life, without any least reference to God, or to gods either great or small.

For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?

From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.

From a real antagonist one gains boundless courage.

Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.

Gain control of your time, and you will gain control of your life.