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But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Loss Quotes,
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The cheerful loser is the winner.

The cheerful loser is the winner.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Loss Quotes,
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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.

by Sir W.f.p. Napier Found in: Loss Quotes,
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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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.]

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What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.

by Rob Thomas Found in: Bitterness Quotes, Loss Quotes,
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One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay read more

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's privacy.

by Mary Pickford Found in: Loss Quotes,
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What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
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What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him
further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your
loan or lose your friend.
[Lat., Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum;
Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo.
Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio;
Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum, amiseris.]

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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.

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