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• To many mortals silence great gain brings.

  Aeschylus

  Silence, Mortals

  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

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• Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

  Thomas Sowell

  Lying, Thinking, People

  "Random thoughts" by Thomas Sowell, townhall.com. February 25, 2004.

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• Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.

  Pat Paulsen

  Lying, Political, Trying

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• Tis strange the miser should his cares employTo gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy;Is it less strange the prodigal should wasteHis wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?

  Alexander Pope

  Care, Riches, Taste

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.377

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• There various news I heard of love and strife,Of peace and war, health, sickness, death, and life,Of loss and gain, of famine and of store,Of storms at sea, and travels on the shore,Of prodigies, and portents seen in air,Of fires and plagues, and stars with blazing hair,Of turns of fortune, changes in the state,The fall of favourites, projects of the great,Of aid mismanagements, taxations new:All neither wholly false, nor wholly true.

  Alexander Pope

  Stars, War, Fall

  Alexander Pope (1819). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete : with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death : Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton”, p.244

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• Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.

  Sophocles

  Gratitude, Favour, Unwanted

  "Oedipus at Colonus". Book by Sophocles, 401 BC.

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• Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.

  Sophocles

  Men, May, Ruins

  Sophocles (2013). “The Tragedies (Annotated Edition)”, p.151, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.

  Sophocles

  Men, Ruins

  Antigone, 222 (translated by H Lloyd-Jones,1994).

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• We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth.

  Austin O'Malley

  Fire, Youth, Immortality

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• If I advance new views in Philosophy or Theology, I cannot expect to have many adherents among minds altogether unprepared for such views; yet it is certain that even those who most fiercely oppose me will recognize the power of my voice if it is not a mere echo; and the very novelty will challenge attention, and at last gain adherents if my views have any real insight.

  George Henry Lewes

  Real, Philosophy, Views

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• Except in the rare cases of great dynamic thinkers whose thoughts are as turning-points in the history of our race, it is by Style that writers gain distinction, by Style they secure their immortality.

  George Henry Lewes

  Race, Style, Immortality

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• The world that seemed so various and new, well, it does contract. One's burning desire to investigate human behavior, and to make, or imply, statements about it, does fall off. And so one does find that early works are full of energy and also full of vulgarity, crudity, and incompetence, and later works are more carefully finished, and in that sense better literary products. But . . . there's often a freshness that is missing in later works--for every gain there's a loss. I think it evens out in that way.

  Kingsley Amis

  Fall, Loss, Thinking

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• More apparent to Teamster members than any moral lapses were the tangible gains that had been steadily realized under Hoffa since his advent to power.

  Jimmy Hoffa

  Lapses, Tangible, Moral

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• It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.

  Curtis Sliwa

  Men, Giving, Church

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• There's a secret to get through loss, pain and grief. If we're alone we can't see who we are. When we join the club, other people become the mirror. Through them, we see ourselves and gain an understanding of what we're going through. Then slowly, real slowly, we learn to accept who we see in the mirror. Then you become the mirror for them; by being honest about who you are, you'll help them learn to love and accept themselves.

  Melody Beattie

  Pain, Real, Grief

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• Where has this book been? The Culture Engine demystifies the what and how of driving your company's culture to produce transformational business outcomes. Chris Edmonds operationalizes culture while offering practical tools necessary to align your people and gain profound competitive advantage.

  Joseph Michelli

  Book, Offering, Profound

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• Our bodies don't know how to digest these 'food like' products resulting in stress and weight gain! Nourish your body with real foods and it will shine for you.

  Jason Vale

  Real, Stress, Shining

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• To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.

  L. Lionel Kendrick

  Struggle, Perspective, Principles

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• Man, the more he gains freedom in the sense of emerging from the original oneness with man and nature and the more he becomes an "individual," has no choice but to unite himself with the world in the spontaneity of love and productive work or else to seek a kind of security by such ties with the world as destroy his freedom and the integrity of his individual self.

  Erich Fromm

  Integrity, Men, Self

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.33, Open Road Media

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• The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Pain, Vanity, Ends

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1988). “Selected Poems”, p.280, Penguin

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• I like the roar of cities. In the mart, Where busy toilers strive for place and gain, I seem to read humanity's great heart, And share its hopes, its pleasures, and its pain.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Pain, Heart, Cities

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.601, Delphi Classics

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• I will not doubt, though sorrows fall like rain, And troubles swarm like bees about a hive; I shall believe the heights for which I strive Are only reached by anguish and by pain; And though I groan and tremble with my crosses, I yet shall see, through my severest losses, The greater gain.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Faith, Pain, Fall

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.599, Delphi Classics

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• To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

  Mason Cooley

  Grieving, Reputation, Virtue

  "City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1987.

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• The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

  Aesop

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.50, Aesop

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• Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future

  Carl Rogers

  Attitude, Acceptance, Expression

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