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'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.
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.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
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.]
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.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
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.