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| A little loss frightens—a great one tames. Spanish. | 1 |
| After losing, one loses soundly. French. | 2 |
| After one loss comes many. French. | 3 |
| All is not lost that is in peril. | 4 |
| Better lose than lose more. Portuguese. | 5 |
| Better lose the anchor than the whole ship. Dutch. | 6 |
| Better lose the saddle than the horse. Italian, German. | 7 |
| Better lose the wool than the sheep. French. | 8 |
| Beware of one who has nothing to lose. | 9 |
| For a lost thing care nothing. | 10 |
| Great losses are usually followed by small gains. | 11 |
| He loses many a good bit that strives with his betters. | 12 |
| He loseth indeed that loseth at last. | 13 |
| He plans less for profit than for quick return who will buy anything for three cash and sell it for two. Chinese. | 14 |
| He that is not sensible of his loss has lost nothing. | 15 |
| He who carries nothing loses nothing. | 16 |
| He who does not gain loses. | 17 |
| He who loses is always in fault. Italian. | 18 |
| He who loses, sins. French. | 19 |
| He who loses money loses much, he who loses a friend loses more, but he who loses his spirits loses all. Spanish. | 20 |
| It is better to lose than to lose more. (The first loss is the best.) Spanish. | 21 |
| It is not lost that comes at last. | 22 |
| Let what is lost go for God’s sake. Spanish. | 23 |
| Lose a leg rather than life. | 24 |
| Lose no right and commit no extortions. Spanish. | 25 |
| Lose not a hog for a half-penny worth of tar. | 26 |
| Losers are always in the wrong. Spanish. | 27 |
| Losses make us more cautious. | 28 |
| No great loss but some small profit. | 29 |
| No man can lose what he never had. Isaac Walton. | 30 |
| One lost, two found. Dutch. | 31 |
| One man’s profit is another man’s loss. Montaigne. | 32 |
| Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear. Shakespeare. | 33 |
| Prefer loss to unjust gain. | 34 |
| Rather lose the wool than the sheep. Portuguese. | 35 |
| The loss that is not known is no loss. Publius Syrus. | 36 |
| The loss which your neighbor does not know is no real loss. Portuguese. | 37 |
| They who lose to-day may win to-morrow. Demosthenes. | 38 |
| Trivial losses often prove great gains. Ovid. | 39 |
| We do not know what is good until we have lost it. Don Quixote. | 40 |
| What is lost in the fire must be sought in the ashes. Dutch. | 41 |
| When a thing is lost its worth is known. German. | 42 |
| You may lose a fly to catch a trout. | 43 |
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