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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.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
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.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
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.]
