Gains

Famous quotes containing the word gains:

    Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser’s gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys.
    HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    He gains everyone’s approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
    Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

    Theodotus: Caesar: once in ten generations of men, the world gains an immortal book. Caesar: If it did not flatter mankind, the common executioner would burn it.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)