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Gains Quotes - Page 25

To many mortals silence great gain brings.

Aeschylus (1868). “The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses”, p.232

That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries.

Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.45

Who, doomed to go in company with Pain And Fear and Bloodshed,-miserable train!- Turns his necessity to glorious gain.

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author”, p.87

Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain.

William Spencer Vickrey (2004). “Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey”, Edward Elgar Pub

The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness.

William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.468

[Marriage is] a world-without-end bargain.

William Shakespeare (2012). “Shakespeare: A Book of Quotations”, p.36, Courier Corporation

The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.

Washington Allston (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.168