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“I was dupedby the Secretary of the treasury [Alexander Hamilton], and made a fool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me; and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned the deepest regret.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“I regret that I must so continually use the word genius, as if that should apply only to a caste as well defined from those below as income-tax payers are from the untaxed. The word genius was very probably invented by a man who had small claims on it himself; greater men would have understood better what to be a genius really was, and probably they would have come to see that the word could be applied to most people. Goethe said that perhaps only a genius is able to understand a genius.”

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Author:Otto Weininger

“People who feel any sort of regret where you are concerned will suppose you are angry, and they will see anger in what you do, even if you're just quietly going about a life of your own choosing. They will make you doubt yourself, which, depending on cases, can be a severe distraction and a waste of time. This is a thing I wish I had understood much earlier than I did.”

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Author:Marilynne Robinson

“In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.”

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Book:Peony in Love

Source: Peony in Love

“I'd never understood the injunction not to regret anything, couldn't see how that wasn't cowardice.”

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Author:China Mieville

“I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life”

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Book:Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel

Source: Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel

“I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?”

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Author:Richard Russo

“A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with life.”

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Author:Emile M. Cioran

“That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.”

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Book:It's Not Summer Without You

Source: It's Not Summer Without You