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Light Gains make a heavy Purse

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Small profits and a quick return, is the best way of gaining wealth. French, “Le petit gain remplit la bourse;” Italian, “I guadagni mediocri empiono la borsa.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lifting, or Lifting the Little Finger
Ligan
Light
Light
Light Comedian (A)
Light Horsemen
Light Troops
Light-armed Artillery
Light as a Feather
Light-fingered Gentry (The)
Light Gains make a heavy Purse
Light of One’s Countenance (The)
Light of the Age
Light of the Harem
Lighthouse
Lightning [Barca]
Lightning Conductor
Lightning Preservers
Lightning Proof
Lightning Rod (A)
Liguorians