Profit

Famous quotes containing the word profit:

“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

“These earthly godfathers of Heaven’s lights,
That give a name to every fixed star,
Have no more profit of their shining nights
Than those that walk and wot not what they are.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“We go to gain a little patch of ground
That hath in it no profit but the name.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)