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“One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.”

World Enough Wisdom Spiritual Death Lying Hate Regret Gratitude Kissing Dear Determined Deathbed Persia I Am Determined

Author:Hafez

“One last word of farewell, dear master and mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loves us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.”

Source: The Unknown O'Neill: Unpublished Or Unfamiliar Writings of Eugene O'Neill

“Oh the grave!--the grave!--It buries every error--covers every defect--extinguishes every resentment! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him!”

Feels Should Looks Earth Death Lying Poor Enemy Regret Spring Errors Graves Peaceful Resentment Defects Handful Bosoms Recollection

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)

“In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice... No one can live in the light all the time.”

Art Light Pain Lying Choices Dark Sacrifice Regret Cruelty Good And Bad Light And Dark Dark Art Chiaroscuro

Book:A Great and Terrible Beauty

Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty

“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”

Thinking Persons Past Lying Wise Regret Source Anticipation Calamity Express Yourself No Regrets I Regret Have No Regrets Past Regrets

Author:Oliver Goldsmith

“The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.”

Want May Lying Regret Passionate Deathbed

Author:Charlie Kaufman

“I realise that man, in his imperfection, can commit innumerable errors - but to devote myself deliberately to errors, that is something I cannot do. I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie. Our epoch, in the next 200 years, will certainly see the end of the disease of Christianity. My regret will have been that I could not behold its demise.”

Men Years Has Beens Ends Christian Lying Next Term Christianity Regret Disease Errors Commit Realising Imperfection Demise Epoch

Author:Adolf Hitler

“If sportswriting teaches you anything, and there is much truth to it as well as plenty of lies, it is that for your life to be worth anything you must sooner or later face the possibility of terrible, searing regret. Though you must also manage to avoid it or your life will be ruined.”

Ifs Wells Faces Lying Teach Possibility Regret Terrible Manage Plenty Sooner Or Later Ruined

Book:The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1)

Source: The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1)

“... the job [at the Manhattan Institute] gives me a platform where I can focus on the themes that I explored in both Gusher of Lies and Power Hungry: that the myths about "green" energy are largely just that, myths; that hydrocarbons are here to stay; and that if we are going to pursue the best "no regrets" policy with regard to energy, then we should be avidly promoting natural gas and nuclear energy.”

“I never regret anything... I just lie about it or change the story.”

Stories Lying Regret Never Regret I Never Regret Never Regret Anything

Author:Barack Obama

“A false identity is any lie that contradicts our God-given identities through Scripture. These false identities can be created by ourselves because of sin in our lives, choices made, or wrong turns taken and the regret, guilt, and shame that follows. Other false identities are handed to us by outside sources, maybe a damaging word spoken to us by someone or a childhood of abuse. However, not all false identities are negative on the surface, such as successful, attractive, wealthy, athletic, or talented. But even those identities can become false when we place too much of our weight on them.”

Lying Choices Sin Successful Taken Childhood Identity Regret Negative Abuse Shame Guilt Scripture Attractive Wealthy Athletic Life Choices Wrong Turn

Author:Matthew West

“In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.”

Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty

“We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness. All of the things that Shadow had done in his life of which he was not proud, all the things he wished he had done otherwise or left undone, came at him then in a swirling storm of guilt and regret and shame, and he had nowhere to hide from them. He was as naked and as open as a corpse on a table, and dark Anubis the jackal god was his prosector and his prosecutor and his persecutor.”

Done Remember Lying Left Dark Regret Proud Shadow Shame Tables Guilt Credit Storm Naked Dust Justify Thick Corpses Undone Forgetfulness Prosecutor Jackals Anubis

Author:Neil Gaiman

“A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you." The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old man replied simply, "The one you feed.”

“To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.”

Soul Lying Regret Development Experience Lips Deny Denial Never Regret

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

“I notice the silvery hair at his temples with a tinge of sadness. Why do parents grow old? Life is a castle of lies slowly dismantled by the passage of time. I regret not spending more time looking at the people I love.”

People Life Is Lying Grows Parent Sadness Regret Hair Spending Temples More Time Passages Castles I Regret Passage Of Time Old Life

Author:Shan Sa

“Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they're as cunning as snakes. They can't lie, but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you—with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place." He sighed. "They're not really about helping people. More about harm disguised as help.”

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“Never regret trusting someone. It proves you have a heart. But if he turns out to be a lying worm ... I'm not going to waste my time crying. Because I am way too fabulous for that.”

Ifs Way Heart Lying Turns Cry Regret Prove Waste My Time Fabulous Worms Wasting My Time Never Regret Trusting Someone

Author:Judy Blundell

“One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.”

Lying Values Regret One Day

Book:House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4

Source: House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4

“She tried to think of what to say to make it all better again, or at least the way it was before she'd made her confession, though she didn't regret having confessed. Perhaps that was what had been wrong with her all along. Now that the lie wasn't between them anymore, maybe she could love him again.”

Thinking Way Made Lying Regret Confession

Book:Torch

Source: Torch

“So apart from writing letters home to your fantasy girlfriends,"Ben says, walking backwards, "what do you guys do out here without television and phones?" "Men's business. Bit confidential," Griggs says patronisingly. "Wow, wish I were you," Ben says, shaking his head with mock regret. "All I'll be doing tonight is hanging out in Taylor's bedroom, lying on her bed, sharing my earphones with her, hoping she won't hog all the room because it's such a tiny space.”

“Shed not for her a bitter tear; Nor give the heart to vain regret. Tis but the casket that lies here; the gem that fills it sparkles yet.”

Giving Heart Lying Tears Regret Bitter Vain Sympathy Shed Gems Sparkle Caskets

Author:Belle Starr

“She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens.”

Firsts Said Lying Regret Citizens First Time Fellows Ass Arrogant Bad Ass Refusal

Author:Trey Gowdy