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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.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
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.
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.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
'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.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
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.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.