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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.


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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions in a man’s life when it is undoubtedly better for him to make loss than gain.
VIKRANT PARSAI There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.
GEORGE ORWELL 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
QUARIUS As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
QUARIUS At times loss for a company signifies negative thinking,which means management is thinking more of h...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike, engage yourself in your duty. B...
BHAGAVAD GITA We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our cons...
ROBERT E. LEE Death is never at a loss for occasions
GREEK PROVERB Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD Zhang's passing is undoubtedly a great loss for China's literary circles.
ZHANG YIWU The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO There are occasions when obstruction in Parliament brings greater benefits to the country.
ARUN JAITLEY Every loss is a gain.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING Suffer to gain is better than gaining to suffer. In Christ you have to suffer to gain, but with the ...
THE INSPIRATIONIST It doesn't make me feel any better no matter how well I pitched. A loss is a loss.
JEFF WEAVER I gain U gain V gain All gain And no loss Is what the good believe in.
APURVA GAGLANI People become more ignorant when it comes to religion.
DANIEL MELGAçO Palm Springs' loss is Phoenix's gain,
RICK DANIELS We are concerned about the gain and loss of confidence, but there are different areas of the market ...
BERNADETTE MURPHY Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be...
SANDRA K. COOK There's nothing worse than people who want to make you feel better when you are losing. I just w...
KATE MARA Don't Just Let it Happen, Make it Happen!
JUAN A. JIMENEZ I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my ...
TIM FERRISS You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there.
J.D. SALINGER If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug...
GARY F EVANS... Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE An aching tooth is better out than in, To lose a rotten member is a gain.
RICHARD BAXTER Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.
SACHA GUITRY A small profit it better than a big loss
RON RASH Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
TAI SHANG KAN YING P'IEN It's much better to gain wisdom than to learn from our mistakes!
тαмιℓιαηρσηηυ There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
UNKNOWN It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things go...
AUGUSTUS HARE Don't just look; see! There is always an opportunity to make something better! There is always a bet...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffe...
SIGMUND FREUD His departure gave Catherine the first experimental conviction that a loss may be sometimes a gain.
JANE AUSTEN When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Clearly there are things you cannot realistically do as Prime Minister because they are going to inc...
CHRIS GRAYLING There is more for us to gain through love than hate.
SUZY KASSEM It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic.
DEBASISH MRIDHA But there are occasions when separate filings make more sense. For example, when one taxpayer has lo...
EVAN SNAPPER There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than...
MORTIMER ADLER There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than...
MORTIMER ADLER There is a gift in experiencing so much tragedy of life from a young age, you gain the wisdom earlie...
NIKKI ROWE It doesn't matter to me, I'm not selling. That's a paper gain (or loss).
BOB KRAFT We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
WAYNE COYNE Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?
GRETA GARBO Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUS Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss
DEMOCRITUS Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.
POL POT This is tougher than any loss that we've had this year. It doesn't feel good to lose that streak. We...
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ASTRO TELLER It is better to find your courage to make changes when you can choose to rather than being forced to...
ROY T. BENNETT I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss
MAYA ANGELOU There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage.
J.K. ROWLING False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ...
ALEXANDER POPE It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies.
DAVID ALLAN Behind weight gain are the larger hurts and questions that have to be explored, probed, and understo...
ALI VINCENT When you open a building, you incur all those budgetary concerns, and if we close the building, we d...
JUDY DANIELS There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are pra...
HERBERT HOOVER Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept...
BENJAMIN HOFF If you (the Europeans) are really honest and worried that Iran may obtain nuclear weapons, there are...
AKBAR RAFSANJANI If you (the Europeans) are really honest and worried that Iran may obtain nuclear weapons, there are...
AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better tha...
SARGENT SHRIVER To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who t...
CRISTIANO RONALDO Defeating the enemy through deception with little loss of life is better than fighting face-to-face ...
ALEKSANDRA LAYLAND A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And ther...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
MOLI Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
MOLIERE There are times that when truth and kindness conflict one ought to chose kindness, especially when a...
LEROY JACK SYROP To love is to act.
VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace.
BEN OAK I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n...
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt...
BIJOU HUNTER When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we...
PAULO COELHO He is our leader right now, undoubtedly. He wanted it more than any person out there. If I had 20 ki...
COREY LESSARD There’s no stronger bulwark of sound conservatism than the evangelical church, and no better place...
SINCLAIR LEWIS There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed...
OG MANDINO There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed...
MALCOLM X Only at loss will you know gain.
LESTER LIM JUN KAI What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, mot...
HAKUIN For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience,
CHARLTON HESTON Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee
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All which I took from the...
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Persevere in virtue and diligence.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS It well becomes a young man to be modest.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not every age is fit for childish sports.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No man is wise enough by himself.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Speak no evil of an absent friend.
(Non male loquare absenti amico)
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Practice yourself what you preach.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The evil that we know is best.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A word to the wise is enough.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS You must spend money to make money
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Conquered, we conquer.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No blessing lasts forever
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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