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“I regret that I should leave this world without again beholding him.”

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Author:James Monroe

“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.”

Source: Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus

“When you are young in this world, you believe that the class of deductive truths about social matters is larger than it turns out to be. [...] I have discovered, to my infinite regret, that most of the serious debates over the basic principles of any political order have an irreducible empirical content.”

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Author:Richard Allen Epstein

“Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

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Book:Letters to an American Lady

Source: Letters to an American Lady

“Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or anticipate another one. What to do? Where to go? Do nothing and go nowhere, easy enough.”

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Book:The Trouble with Being Born

Source: The Trouble with Being Born

“Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt more than people realise.”

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Author:David Beckham