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And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
— Gain
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
Share the advice betwixt you: if both gain, allAnd is enough for both.
Men that hazard allA golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
