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Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
 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 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.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse
Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
 Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
 Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.  
 Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
 Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. 
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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.