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[Swim4life]

I like this saying, �It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.�
And there is another one �It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.� Which one is the original? Thanks.

[lotus]

Hi Swim4life,

I like this version most - although I don't know if it's the original or the most common.

"It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all."

how true


--lotus

[asterix]

If you stick the never betwen the to and have you will have split your infinitive.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's original quote is:I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.�