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    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.]

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'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Loss Quotes,
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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.

by Mary Pickford Found in: Loss Quotes,
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that
sense of shame which, once lost, can never read more

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that
sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
[Lat., Periere mores, jus, decus, pietas, fides,
Et qui redire nescit, cum perit, pudor.]

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The cheerful loser is the winner.

The cheerful loser is the winner.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Loss Quotes,
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Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the read more

Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou are gone, and for ever!

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: Loss Quotes,
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Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Loss Quotes,
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That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning read more

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Loss Quotes,
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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.

by Seneca Found in: Loss Quotes,
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Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.

Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Loss Quotes,
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