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Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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.]
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
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.
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
