Translations
Never say of anything, "I have lost it"; but, "I have returned it."Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
Never say of anything, "I have lost it;" but, " I have restored it."Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
Never say about any thing, I have lost it, but say I have restored it.George Long (1890)
Never say of anything, 'I lost it', but say, 'I gave it back'.Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)