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What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay read more
One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's privacy.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in read more
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father,
while the loss of his inheritance might read more
A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father,
while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.
[Lat., Gli huomini dimenticano piu teste la morte del padre, che
la perdita del patrimonie.]
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
