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  • Carl Honore There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your food comes from and what's in it.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Charles Dickens There is some victory gained in every gallant struggle that is made.
    Speech Birmingham, 6 januari 1870.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Napoleon Hill There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Alcaeus of Mytilene To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.
    Alcaeus of Mytilene
    Ancient Greek poet
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  • W. M. Thackeray To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman To ensure that no one gained an advantage over anyone else, commercial law [in the 14th century] prohibited innovation in tools or techniques, underselling below a fixed price, working late by artificial light, employing extra apprentices or wife and underage children, and advertising of wares or praising them to the detriment of others.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Philip Massinger True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
    Philip Massinger
    English dramatist (1583 - 1640)
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  • Mark Twain We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Alice Hamilton When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
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  • Bob Mould When I'm winning, winning, winning with a certain way why would I mess with that? When I realised there was lot to be gained from failing in some people's eyes, it made it all the more interesting!
    Bob Mould
    American musician (1960 - )
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  • Samuel Butler When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath committed and doeth that which is neither quite lawful nor quite right, he will generally be found to have gained in amiability what he has lost in holiness.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Baba Kalyani With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Emily Dickinson 'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Thomas Fuller Learning hash gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Thomas Fuller Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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