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A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
 We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that 
sense of shame which, once lost, can never read more 
 We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that 
sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
 [Lat., Periere mores, jus, decus, pietas, fides,
  Et qui redire nescit, cum perit, pudor.] 
In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil read more
In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along
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.
 Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. 
It's what you do with what read more 
 Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. 
It's what you do with what you have left. 
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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.
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.
 But over all things brooding slept
 The quiet sense of something lost.  
 But over all things brooding slept
 The quiet sense of something lost.