Profit

Famous quotes containing the word profit:

“These earthly godfathers of Heaven’s lights,
That give a name to every fixed star,
Have no more profit of their shining nights
Than those that walk and wot not what they are.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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

“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)