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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
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.
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 we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.