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From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined together till the break of day. -- Abolqasem Ferdowsi
No ground gained was ever relinquished. -- Matthew B. Ridgway
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. -- Bertrand Russell
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. -- David Bohm
A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. -- Cullen Hightower
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. -- Thomas Jefferson
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. -- Sigmund Freud
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. -- Samuel Johnson
Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark. -- Empedocles
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. -- James Madison
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. -- Benjamin Disraeli
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs. -- Charles Francis Richter
It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science. -- James Henry Breasted
I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect. -- Walter Payton
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words) that reforms, to be beneficial, must come from above, that those which come from below are irregularly gained and uncertain. -- Jose Rizal
Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the ghetto because her dad was the first person in Hindu mythology who came from the 'hood, but had gained enlightenment through not being a Brahmin. -- M.I.A.
Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius. -- George Edward Woodberry
For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life. -- Derek Bok
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I used to be really cute. I could send you earlier photos where I'm stunning. But I've gained about twenty pounds over the past two years, and the more weight I've put on, the more success I've had. If you drew a diagram of weight gain and me getting more work, a mathematician would draw some conclusions from that. -- Zach Galifianakis
One of my most memorable Thanksgiving memories was probably the first year that me and my two brothers decided to start our annual eating contest. We ate throughout the whole day. We started that morning and weighed ourselves, and at the very end of the night, we weighed ourselves out. And all three of us equally gained five pounds. -- Charles Kelley
I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds. -- Tom Hanks
You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him? -- Walter Payton
I did four movies where I gained, like, fifty pounds. I had curly hair, and I had all of this facial hair. I had put on all this weight for these movies, and I did four or five of them back-to-back. Then I cut the weight and I got fit again. I cut my beard and I took away the mustache, and people were like, 'What are you doing?' -- A. J. Bowen
I gained another friend. -- Tsugumi Ohba
Nothing risque, nothing gained. -- Alexander Woollcott
nothing ventured, nothing gained. -- Cassandra Clare
hindsight is gained through experience -- Ellen Hopkins
A problem shared is attention gained. -- Pippa Evans
My first pregnancy, I gained 75 pounds. -- Bryce Dallas Howard
Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering. -- Arthur Helps
Poetry is what is gained in translation. -- Joseph Brodsky
If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained. -- John Heywood
My art has gained some high value. -- Hiroshi Sugimoto
Whatever I have given, I have gained. -- Leonard Nimoy
An illusion dissipated is an experience gained. -- Christian Nestell Bovee
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. -- Sophocles
Something's lost, but something's gained, in living everyday. -- Joni Mitchell
Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. -- Philibert Joseph Roux
The past is gained, secure, and on record. -- Robert Browning
Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.] -- John Heywood
My soul has gained the freedom of the night -- Elizabeth Bibesco
Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Science has but one fashion-to lose nothing once gained. -- Edmund Clarence Stedman
I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai. -- Ralph Fiennes
Strength is gained in the range it is trained. -- Charles Poliquin
I gained twenty pounds [during pregnancy of my wife]. -- DJ Khaled
We lost one child and we gained ten thousand children. -- Kyle Petty
All knowledge is gained through an orderly loss of information. -- Kenneth E. Boulding
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous. -- Navjot Singh Sidhu
Strength is not gained overnight; it is cultivated over time. -- David
Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe. -- C. JoyBell C.
The psychological tools I've gained from bodybuilding will never atrophy. -- Tom Platz
During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones. -- Alan Sugar
IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE -- Charleston Parker
The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness. -- Georg C. Lichtenberg
Nothing to be gained by worrying between now and then. -- John Green
We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills. -- Mercer Reynolds
Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries. -- John Tyndall
I have gained self-confidence, courage and the support of my people. -- Velupillai Prabhakaran
Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them. -- Andrzej Wajda
There is nothing to be gained by multiplying social distinctions indefinitely. -- Evelyn Waugh
What is gained by violence must be lost before superior violence. -- Mahatma Gandhi
So, I gained a little..weight, .. Big deal. Clean and sober. -- Courtney Love
There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes. -- Russell Kirk
Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future. -- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far. -- Eustace Budgell
Our heroes of the former days deserved and gained their never-fading bays. -- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon
Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum. -- Marquis de Lafayette
Reputation ... is as often gained without merit as lost without a crime ... -- Laetitia Pilkington
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories. -- Sri Aurobindo
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. -- Duke of Wellington
Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood. -- Aeschylus
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. -- Stephen Mitchell
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales. -- George Herbert
I have no knowledge other than that gained through my own eyes. -- Vannoccio Biringuccio
What is gained through ignorance is bound to be lost through ignorance -- Siddharth Katragadda
When you have once gained sight, it is impossible to feign blindness. -- Svetlana Alliluyeva
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. -- Duke of Wellington
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, sometimes you've got to go against the grain. -- Garth Brooks
Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned. -- Auliq Ice
Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print. -- Wendell Phillips
Real friendship, love, respect, and trust are all gained without a single dollar. -- Phillipe Nover
Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings. -- Tracy Chapman
There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes. -- James Galway
I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear. -- Kanye West
In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them. -- Horatio Nelson
He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point . -- Horace
Freedom can never be comprehended, nor even can insight into it be gained. -- Immanuel Kant
I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak. -- Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Do not expect anything; there is more to be gained by earning it. -- Tricia Helfer
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. -- Thomas Fuller
If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost. -- Miriam Toews
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose. -- Sun Tzu
You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight. -- Christy Turlington
I gained 80 pounds for my pregnancy so this is like my coming out party. -- Cindy Margolis
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. -- Lois Lowry
Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them. -- Ellen Goodman
Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling. -- Charles Baudelaire
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.... -- Philip Massinger
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. -- Lord Chesterfield
I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever. -- Larry Holmes
I've gained fans, fame, fortune, but I don't feel different. Am I supposed to? -- Kristin Cast
Spend time with spiritual friends, those who seek light. Purity is gained through strength. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
In the end [after the 1905 revolution], Russia gained nothing more than a breathing spell. -- Richard Pipes
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me. -- Duke of Wellington
Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness. -- Hiroshi Sugimoto
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. -- Philip Massinger
it was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom. -- Anais Nin
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn -- Philip Massinger
He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" -- Joaquin Miller
What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life. -- Horatio Bottomley

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