“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”
Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist
Variant: You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
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“Never hold back what is not love.”
— Prevale
Original: Non trattenere mai ciò che non è amore.
Source: prevale.net
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