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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.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
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
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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.