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Regret

«When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.»
«Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.»
Author: Arthur Brisbane (Editor, Writer) | About: Regret | Keywords: regretting
«Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.»
Author: Lope de Vega | About: Profit, Regret | Keywords: eel, Eels, profits, remorse
«Regret is an odd emotion because it comes only upon reflection. Regret lacks immediacy, and so its power seldom influences events when it could do some good.»
Author: William O'Rourke | About: Emotion, Regret | Keywords: immediacy, influences, lacks, odd
«This is the book I never read ~~ These are the words I never said ~~ This is the path I'll never tread ~~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead»
«There is nothing to regret - either for those who go or for those who are left behind»
«The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.»
Author: Helen Rowland | About: Foolishness, Regret | Keywords: follies, regrets
«We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.»

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