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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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Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.

by Syrus (publilius Syrus) 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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That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
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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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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.

by Led Zeppelin Found in: Loss Quotes,
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But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson 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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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Loss Quotes,
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