“Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.” MenDiesKnowledgeIgnoranceRegretFollyAcquire Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion
“I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.” FearYouthRegretFollyTimidity Author:Mason Cooley
“It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.” YearsLastsRegretSnowFollyLast YearShiver Author:Richard Whately
“At fifteen, it [ "Follies"] didn't have any kind of resonance with me, this show about regret and middle age.” KindShowsAgeMiddleRegretFollyFifteenMiddle AgesResonance Author:Charles Busch
“Think about food on a full stomach and you find you don't care about taste. Think of lust after making love, and you find you don't care about sex. Therefore, if people always reflect on the regret they will feel afterward to forestall folly at the moment, they will be stable and will not err in action.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsMomentsCareActionSexRegretTasteDon't CareLustFollyTaoismStomachStableMaking Love Author:Zicheng Hong
“Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn't something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly - a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.” ThinkingHumansMadeTwoOpportunityRaceEffectsRegretEvolutionCostCommitReputationHuman RaceFollyGrotesqueLarks Book:Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition) Source: Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)