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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.]
Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
'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.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
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.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.