Famous quotes containing the words lost and/or world:
“What though he did not belong to your clique! Though you may not approve of his method or his principles, recognize his magnanimity. Would you not like to claim kindredship with him in that, though in no other thing he is like, or likely, to you? Do you think that you would lose your reputation so? What you lost at the spile, you would gain at the bung.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)