Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, much lost. Honor lost, more lost.

What it means

Possessions can be rebuilt; courage and honor are harder to recover. The proverb ranks what matters, and ends with the soul, which is everything. Guard them in that order.

The source

"Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, much lost. Honor lost, more lost." This Dutch proverb is recorded in Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857), Dutch Proverbs. Translated from the original Dutch by Spartan Surfers.

"Goed verloren, niet verloren; moed verloren, veel verloren; eer verloren, meer verloren; ziel verloren, al verloren."

Original Dutch, Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857), Dutch Proverbs. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Proverbs of the world (Every age). Sayings from the Latin, Greek, Norse, Japanese, Chinese and more, each traced to an old source in its own language.

Questions

What does "Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, much lost. Honor lost, more lost." mean?

Possessions can be rebuilt; courage and honor are harder to recover. The proverb ranks what matters, and ends with the soul, which is everything. Guard them in that order.

Who said "Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, much lost. Honor lost, more lost."?

Dutch proverb. Source: Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857), Dutch Proverbs.

What is the original Dutch?

Goed verloren, niet verloren; moed verloren, veel verloren; eer verloren, meer verloren; ziel verloren, al verloren. Translated from the original Dutch by Spartan Surfers.

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"Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, much lost. Honor lost, more lost." (Dutch proverb, Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857), Dutch Proverbs, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/money-lost-nothing-lost-courage-lost-much-lost