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- Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is… — Samuel Johnson
- He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. — Walter Lippmann
- We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do. — Luke the Evangelist
- In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is… — Thomas De Witt Talmage
- A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do… — Walter Lippmann
- The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. — Mary Astell
- Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible. — A. Philip Randolph
- Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does… — William Cowper