Famous quotes containing the word gains:
“He gains everyones approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (658 B.C.)
“The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States.”
—C. Wright Mills (19161962)
“Thought is a key to all treasures; the misers gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
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