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Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
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.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
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.
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.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.