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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
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.
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in read more
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
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.]
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
