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We lost because we told ourselves we lost
We lost because we told ourselves we lost
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
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What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him
further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your
loan or lose your friend.
[Lat., Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum;
Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo.
Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio;
Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum, amiseris.]
Every day I work so hardBringin' home my hard earned payTry to love you baby, but you push me away.
Every day I work so hardBringin' home my hard earned payTry to love you baby, but you push me away.
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
