Famous quotes containing the word gaining:
“That all things change, one nation gaining strength
While others perish.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Some crimes get honor and renown by being committed with more pomp, by a greater number, and in a higher degree of wickedness than others. Hence it is that public robberies, plunderings, and sackings have been looked upon as excellencies and noble achievements, and the seizing of whole countries, however unjustly and barbarously, is dignified with the glorious name of gaining conquests.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Some people fear gaining fame the way pigs fear gaining weight.”
—Chinese proverb.