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It's the good loser who finally loses out.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
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.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
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.
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.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
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.]
