Profit

Famous quotes containing the word profit:

“Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

“We go to gain a little patch of ground
That hath in it no profit but the name.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)