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

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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.

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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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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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Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of read more

Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of losing you.

by Rosanne Cash Found in: Fear Quotes, 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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In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil read more

In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along

by Melissa Etheridge Found in: Loss Quotes,
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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.

by Titus Maccius Plautus 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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A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father,
while the loss of his inheritance might read more

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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