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There are times when loss should be preferr’d to gain. (translator Thornton)

Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum.

Original text (Latin)

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Variants

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. (translation by Henry Thomas Riley)

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