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Loss: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Losers must have leave to speak.— COLLEY CIBBER — The Rival Fools. Act I. L. 17.

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right.— COWPER — The Retired Cat. L. 95.

What's saved affords No indication of what's lost. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)-The Scroll.

Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum; Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo. Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio; Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum amiseris. What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things-either to lose your loan or lose your friend.— PLAUTUS — Trinummus. IV. 3. 43.

Periere mores, jus, decus, pietas, fides, Et qui redire nescit, cum perit, pudor. We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.— SENECA — Agamemnon. CXII.

Diem perdidi. I have lost a day.— TITUS — See Suetonius. Titus. VIII.