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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.
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.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
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.
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.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
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.
