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Quotes About Benefits

He who believes that new benefits will cause great personages to forget old injuries is deceived.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
The nature of men is such that they find themselves obligated as much for the benefits they confer as for those they receive.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Cornelius Tacitus when he says, that "men are readier to pay back injuries than benefits, since to requite a benefit is felt to be a burthen, to return an injury a gain.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
As injúrias devem ser cometidas de uma vez só, de modo que, por sua brevidade, ofendam menos ao paladar; ao passo que os benefícios devem ser feitos aos poucos, para que sejam mais bem saboreados.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Let us enjoy the benefits of the time—but rather the benefits of their own valour and prudence, for time drives everything before it, and is able to bring with it good as well as evil, and evil as well as good.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Hence we may learn the lesson that on seizing a state, the usurper should make haste to inflict what injuries he must, at a stroke, that he may not have to renew them daily, but be enabled by their discontinuance to reassure men's minds, and afterwards win them over by benefits.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Porque las ofensas deben inferirse de una sola vez para que, durando menos, hieran menos; mientras que los beneficios deben proporcionarse poco a poco, a fin de que se saboreen mejor.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive. (p.73)
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
We've always been a band who wants to put our money where our mouths are. We have political songs, but we don't like to hit people over the heads with stuff. So it's better to do benefits and causes and talk about it later rather than always trying to put it in the song.
~ Kate Pierson
Whether we realize it or not, we benefit from the work of public-sector employees and our state, county and municipal governments every day.
~ Sara Gideon
Obviously, what we had under the original NAFTA was very good. Canada prospered greatly from it.
~ Andrew Scheer
Government should show the list of farmers, who have got benefitted from loan waiver. Farmers' loan of Rs 39 lakh crore was waived off. So, why is government hiding their names?
~ Uddhav Thackeray
When it can be done safely and appropriately, U.S.-produced oil and natural gas is important, and domestic production has energy security benefits over importing those fuels.
~ Brian Deese
Natural gas is great for America in so many ways.
~ Ed Rendell
The day we signed the first agreement in the late fifties, I went from 90 cents an hour to a buck and a quarter," he recalled. "That 35 cents is what made me where I'm at today, still union. "If you really grasp unionism, you are a socialist," he said. "Because we're for the little people. Fair representation. Antidiscrimination. Wages. Benefits. It all comes hand in hand. There's strength in numbers.
~ Chris Hedges
Many Russians had supported macroeconomic stabilization because they believed it was a necessary foundation for economic progress. Kudrin counseled continued caution. But many Russians believed that, because the country had sorted out its finances, it was time to reap the benefits of growth.
~ Chris Miller
It is supposed to be an axiom of Western civilization that the individual, or the truth, may not be sacrificed to hypothetical benefits such as order.
~ Christopher Hitchens
People's incomes over a certain level aren't taxed to pay for Social Security at all.
~ Kurt Andersen
How can we have rain without clouds? Our troubles have always brought us blessings, and they always will. They are the dark chariots of bright grace. These clouds will empty themselves before long, and every tender herb will be gladder for the shower. Our God may drench us with grief, but He will refresh us with mercy. Our Lord's love letters often come to us in black-edged envelopes. His wagons rumble, but they are loaded with benefits.
~ L.B. Cowman
We like better to see those on whom we confer benefits, than those from whom we receive them.
~ La Rochefoucauld
Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it.
~ lalanne jack iii
Do you remember being born? Only a few can say they do and not be caught immediately in the lie, and most of them are wizards. I, of course, remember it perfectly. Certain benefits are granted to narrators as part of the hiring package, to compensate for our irregular hours and unsafe working conditions.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
There is a significant body of research that goes beyond telling us that weight does not really matter all that much, to suggest that carrying a few extra pounds, over and above the weights currently being recommended, may actually have health benefits, resulting in reduced risk of many diseases and disorders that affect quality as well as length of life. These diseases include lung cancer, the number-one cause of cancer deaths among men and women, premenopausal breast cancer, and osteoporosis.
~ Glenn A. Gaesser