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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.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
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.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the read more
Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou are gone, and for ever!
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of read more
Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of losing you.