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The quote says people often fail to appreciate something while they still have it. It suggests that loss can reveal value more clearly than possession does.
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Originally said in English.
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About Herman Melville
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Books by Herman Melville
Moby Dick
2010
Typee
2006
Billy Budd
1971
Bartleby, the Scrivener
2006
Omoo
2006