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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.
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.
 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! 
 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.] 
 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.] 
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.
 For 'tis a truth well known to most,
 That whatsoever thing is lost,
  We seek it, ere read more 
 For 'tis a truth well known to most,
 That whatsoever thing is lost,
  We seek it, ere it comes to light,
   In every cranny but the right. 
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.