When remedies are past, griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
What cannot be preserved when fortune takes,
Patience her injury a mock’ry makes.
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief;
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief
From the novel; Othello
The underlined expression means ________
- one is bound to lose something in life
- keep smiling even while being robbed
-
it is useful not to bemoan one's loss
- the thief loses either way