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Michel de Montaigne Philosopher, Writer
Losing

"Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose; whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk."

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Michel de Montaigne Philosopher, Writer
Losing

"A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust."

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Mollie King Singer
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"My biggest fear in life is losing the people I love, and the thing with cancer is that it seems that you can't really control it."

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Lord Byron Poet, Novelist
Losing

"The cold, the changed, perchance the dead, anew, The mourn'd, the loved, the lost,-too many, yet how few!"

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
Losing

"I keep losing and regaining my equilibrium, which is the basic plot of all popular fiction. And I myself am a work of fiction."

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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
Losing

"All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that."

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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
Losing

"Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered."

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