Quotes about Regret

There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death-bed.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity him.

Lost time is never found again." ~ Benjamin Franklin

Remember that lost time does not return.

O that we had spent but one day in this world thoroughly well!

I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it.

Profound theology doesn't make anyone righteous; what pleases me is an exemplary life. Regret for wrongdoing is better than knowing its definition.

Beware, therefore, lest thou strive too earnestly after some desire which thou hast conceived, without taking counsel of Me; lest haply it repent thee afterwards, and that displease thee which before pleased, and for which thou didst long as for a great good.

Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.

Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly

Live as if you living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.

At the moment I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.