Without a Prospero-Caliban relationship to balance the Prospero-Ariel one, 'The Tempest' loses much of its resonance.
You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
When the dollar collapses, it's not doing it in a vacuum. If the dollar loses value, it's doing so relative to some other currency. So the purchasing power that we lose, somebody else gets.
If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn't need foreign enemies - it will fall apart on its own.
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.
I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.
How do you conduct an intimate relationship where no one ever loses it? Where no one ever lashes out, where no one ever smacks anyone in the mouth?
People tend to think about trade as if it's competition between companies - if Apple wins, Google loses. But that's false. Trade makes nations better off in general. Now, I want to be clear. I'm not saying that everything about trade is good and beneficial. Trade also has costs.
Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.
Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.
After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
