Proper noun
Lacks (plural Lackses)
A surname
Do you see? There exists a kind of knowledge that is without love. It does not purify the psyche in any way, but kills it, as it lacks the love that is the head, the body, and very root of all virtue. Gregory Palamas
No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth. Ephrem the Syrian
You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own. Antonio Porchia
The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail. French Proverb
Often the best way of giving oneself what one lacks is to take from oneself what one has. Persian Proverb
Often the best way to give oneself what one lacks is to take from oneself what one has. Moroccan Proverb