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 | Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 10 likes |
 | The Thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a Thief. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 10 likes |
 | There's no regret more painful than the regret of things that never were. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 7 likes |
 | Do it or don't do it - you will regret both. — Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher 6 likes |
 | People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 5 likes |
 | The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. — Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist 4 likes |
 | We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 4 likes |
 | Honest women are inconsolable for the mistakes they haven't made. — Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer 3 likes |
 | My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 3 likes |
 | Repentance is but want of power to sin. — John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet 2 likes |
 | Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. — Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer 2 likes |
 | Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 2 likes |
 | The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life. |
| When death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. |
 | I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
 | Repentance is the last sin of women. |
 | The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. |
 | The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners. |
 | A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it. |
| I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets. |
 | I never reread what I've written. I'm far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I've done. |
 | It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret. |
 | If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow? — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] (Blindness, 1995) |
 | I am told that you regret not what you did but what you didn't do; and so that's why I do everything, so as not to have any regrets. |
 | The real affliction of old age is remorse. |
 | Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets. |
Ancient Greek
 | It is better to think before doing something than to repent later. Προβουλεύεσθαι κρείσσον προ των πράξεων ή μετανοείν. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 7 likes |
 | Silence alone is not an apology. Μόνη σιγή μεταμέλειαν ου φέρει. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 6 likes |
| Doing many things brings many regrets. Το πολλά πράττειν πολλάς και λύπας έχει. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 4 likes |
 | I will not buy regret for ten thousand drachmas. Ουκ ωνούμαι μυρίων δραχμών μεταμέλειαν. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator (to the courtesan Lais) 4 likes |
 | The wise man should not regret but think ahead. Ου μετανοείν, αλλά προνοείν χρη τον άνδρα τον σοφόν. |
Movie Quotes
 | You'll regret it. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. — from the film Casablanca (1942) 6 likes |
