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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.
 Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. 
It's what you do with what read more 
 Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. 
It's what you do with what you have left. 
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.
 But over all things brooding slept
 The quiet sense of something lost.  
 But over all things brooding slept
 The quiet sense of something lost. 
 For 'tis a truth well known to most,
 That whatsoever thing is lost,
  We seek it, ere read more 
 For 'tis a truth well known to most,
 That whatsoever thing is lost,
  We seek it, ere it comes to light,
   In every cranny but the right. 
 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. 
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
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.