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  • better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all — 1700 CONGREVE Way of World II. i. Say what you will, ’tis better to be left, than never to have lov’d. 1812 G. CRABBE Tales xiv. Better to love amiss than nothing to have lov’d. 1850 TENNYSON In Memoriam xxvii. 44 ’Tis better to have loved and… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all — Meaning Origin From Alfred Tennyson s poem In Memoriam:21 , 1850. I hold it true, whate er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all — you are a better person if you have loved someone even for a short time    Old and alone, the woman often thought of a saying: It is better to have loved and lost …   English idioms

  • better — see better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is better a good cow than a cow of a good kind better are small fish than an empty dish better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Better — Bet ter, adv.; compar. of {Well}. 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. [1913 Webster] I could have… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Better and Better (Eric Benét album) — Infobox Album Name = Better and Better Type = Studio Artist = Eric Benét Released = Recorded = 2000 2001 Genre = R B, Pop, Neo Soul Length = Label = Warner Bros. Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = A Day in the Life (1999) This album =… …   Wikipedia

  • Better Than Life — Infobox Book name = Better Than Life title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Rob Grant Doug Naylor illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Red Dwarf genre = Science fiction… …   Wikipedia

  • To think better of — Better Bet ter, adv.; compar. of {Well}. 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. [1913 Webster] I could …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To think better of — Better Bet ter, adv.; compar. of {Well}. 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. [1913 Webster] I could …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas — This article is about the song. For Kurt Nilsen album, see Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (album). For the House episode, see Merry Little Christmas. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (song) Music by Ralph Blane Lyrics by Hugh Martin …   Wikipedia

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