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The cheerful loser is the winner.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
 But over all things brooding slept
 The quiet sense of something lost.  
 But over all things brooding slept
 The quiet sense of something lost. 
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.
 When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
 When health is lost, something is lost;
  When character is read more 
 When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
 When health is lost, something is lost;
  When character is lost, all is lost! 
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.
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.
 Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
 But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.  
 Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
 But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. 
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
 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.