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A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.


Jonathan Swift

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The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The loss which your neighbour does not know is no real loss.
VIKRANT PARSAI You must accept a temporary loss of social esteem from ignorant people.
ERIC WORRE Like a deep sad note
played beneath the ocean
waving through the orb
the memories of ...
PAWAN MISHRA Loss is like a wind, it either carries you to a new destination or it traps you in an ocean of stagn...
VAL UCHENDU There is a desperation factor involved. Prospects are pretty good they won't win the lawsuit.
IRA LOSS The FDA commissioner's job is to absorb and deflect criticism of the agency ... Crawford failed that...
IRA LOSS I think it's an obvious conflict, not potential.
IRA LOSS I suspect that this is a relatively isolated event. I don't think there's a crime wave under way in ...
IRA LOSS There's no way to sugar-coat it. A loss is a loss. This one means that we can't fulfil a dream.
LAURIE EISLER For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience,
CHARLTON HESTON What an awful thing then, being there in our house together with our daughter gone, trying to be equ...
PAUL HARDING I don't feel it was a good loss. There are no good losses. But it was an educational loss.
DAVID MCGREAL As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
QUARIUS As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
QUARIUS A lie eventually leads to a loss of promise, A loss of promise leads to a loss of trust, But what hu...
MADELIN M. Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.
ERIC HOFFER It doesn't make me feel any better no matter how well I pitched. A loss is a loss.
JEFF WEAVER It is a loss for Stanford and a loss for America. Without a doubt, they are the best people I know t...
IRVING WEISSMAN One loss is not going to kill us, but it is never good to take a loss. But we are lucky enough to ha...
ADAM MILLER His theory is that life is loss,’ said Myrna after a moment. ‘Loss of parents, loss of loves, lo...
LOUISE PENNY Our kids have gradually played a little better. Our kids are coming off a disappointing loss against...
BOB LOCKART Whether it's against a giant or against a pip-squeak, a loss is a loss, and so there is no way aroun...
MIKE KRAMER We take no note of time But from its loss.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH We pretty much hurt ourselves. It's tough to swallow a loss like that because we prepared hard, but ...
JASON HALL Our particular problem in America at this point in history is the widespread loss of the sense of in...
ROLLO MAY The person, who causes the downfall of a noble woman... who causes loss to his friend...who despite ...
ATHARVA VEDA Marlena's body was found on November 19, and so I consider that the anniversary of her death, though...
JULIE BUNTIN The greatest loss is the loss of life.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Because I feel no anger toward my mother. Only loss, and loss is a feeling you can’t fight your wa...
ALLY CONDIE She is a key loss, no doubt. But we have a very talented and deep squad. Even with the loss of our s...
CAROLYN ECKHARDT It's great that we're being competitive, but at some point we have to start winning these games. In ...
BRIAN MEEHAN No sugar-coating -- the loss of Marge is disappointing.
GLENN SCHORR I think the biggest loss is going to be the loss of dune, the loss of beach, the loss of protection....
GARY FERGUSON If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is clear and cannot be den...
WALLACE SIFE We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus.
Then your focus direct...
THE TRUTH When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus.
Then your focus direct...
THE TRUTH And the point of Rachel the Film should really have been to express how awful and shitty that loss w...
JESSE ANDREWS Any moment which is not captured is loss in events of time.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA 'Blue Nights' is a story of loss: simple, wrenching, inconsolable loss.
CATHLEEN SCHINE We prefer the loss of the coffee to the loss of the country.
JAIME WHEELOCK He whose two days (of life) are the same (making no spiritual progress) is at loss.
PROPHET MOHAMMAD (PBUH) That which is gained by the sacrifice of character should be called a loss.
VIKRANT PARSAI We are all suffering great loss.
GEETHA THOMAS Which is a real loss for a community to have a sense of that disconnect.
DAVID HESTAD Everybody's frustrated. The kids are, the coaches, the fans. With every loss there's a loss of confi...
DAVID BALL Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself.
W.B. YEATS The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.
GEORGE REISMAN Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Any moment which is not captured is loss in the events of time.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When we think about economic loss and insured loss, there are few events that rival Katrina. The Wor...
KYLE BEATTY Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here's what really happens: The spaces betw...
KRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB From the day after we lose someone, how we lost them doesn't matter. All that matters now is that th...
CHAD PELLEY With no loss or sacrifice, we can't appreciate what we have.
MITCH ALBOM There is no magic pill for weight loss.
JOHN DENT There is no justification for such violence and loss of life.
ANTONIO GUTERRES Loss is only temporary when you believe in God!
LATOYA ALSTON Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP We have contained the fire with no property loss whatsoever.
PAT ADAMS There was a loss of firepower, a loss of penalty killing, a loss of leadership. Now, people have to ...
DYLAN HUNTER Hate crimes are different from other crimes. They strike at the heart of one's identity - they s...
JAMES COMEY No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy...
SENECA The main purpose of a liquid diet is weight loss. Most liquid diets are low in calories for rapid we...
JULIE RAEDER SCHUMACHER The potential loss is greater than the actual loss, and I think the actual loss is tiny.
EDWARD WELLER We don't look for moral victories. This was a loss like any other loss.
GAVIN GRANT Memory is the sense of loss, and loss pulls us after it.
MARILYNNE ROBINSON It's not clear to me that the big loss to women is the loss of a woman justice, it's the loss of a m...
MARGO SCHLANGER There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submis...
GROVER CLEVELAND There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submis...
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.
MIREILLE GUILIANO That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.
UNKNOWN I rarely have a pet tell me their human ended their life too soon. It's far more common to hear that...
KAREN A. ANDERSON A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning its life with an early ending.
R.J. GONZALES Fans are relatively resilient in coping with loss. If we weren't, there would be no Cubs fans.
CHRISTIAN END There are fears of loss of lives, we are trying to get details.
ABDUL REHMAN Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
WINSTON CHURCHILL Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm
WINSTON CHURCHILL We're facing a huge loss of our tax base because of the bypass, which is just beginning.
JEFF LANG This is a loss we could ill afford,
CHARLES RYAN Loss is loss, and nothing is gained by calling it by a nicer name.
TONY JUDT Grief is times bailiff sent to evict you from your old life. Its black warrant demands of you hard l...
KERRY CUE There's no question about it - hair-loss syndrome is still a problem.
DOUG COTTAM Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
NORMAN COUSINS There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we be...
THOMAS HARDY The inscription on his gravestone had felt so wholly insufficient the moment she saw it. Just a name...
STUART NADLER We've had some months that we experienced a loss, but never had a loss on any year.
NORMAN KNAPP Always remember that you are the observer and not the doer. Do not take life to be anything more tha...
OSHO The anticipation of loss is much more frightening than the actual loss as anticipation leaves room f...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have
MITCH ALBOM Life is a loss of time.
GERHARD KOCHER There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submis...
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER I think anyone who opened their heart enough to love without restraint and subsequently were devasta...
DONNA LYNN HOPE I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
TALIB KWELI Childhood Is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies.
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
MAHATMA GANDHI Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both forei...
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