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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
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.
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.
Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse
Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse
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.]
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.