Quotes About Regret

It frequently happens that a villainous action does not torment us the instant we commit it, but on recollection, and sometimes even after a number of years have elapsed, for the remembrance of crimes is not to be extinguished.

J'étais fait pour vivre, et je meurs sans avoir vécu.

Il fut mis dans une maison de charité, où l'âge et le regret de se voir loin de sa famille le mirent au tombeau presque en arrivant.

If I could have seen her just once again I should have been content to die at that moment.

The reason I want to remember this is because I know we'll never be able to do it again.

We had some times, didn't we?' 'We did.' 'Never did build that Glass Castle.' 'No. But we had fun planning it.

Slow down, Sallie." Tom puts a hand on my arm, and then in a gentler voice says, "Your aunt will be okay. We'll see to that." "She wouldn't have got hurt if I'd been there." "Sallie, I don't know if that's true, and you don't either. But I do know you couldn't stay in Hatfield when the Duke sent for you. You had to come back. You had no choice.

Mattie was right about one thing. I should have seen it all coming. I should have seen how much you were hurting, should have seen what Seymour meant to you, should have stopped him from leaving, should have spoken up, done something. If I had seen it coming, we could've fixed whatever was wrong, you and me, we could have made it work. But I didn't. So we can't. Jane was right. I was a danger to you. I never should have come back.

Some love too little, some too long, Some sell, and others buy; Some do the deed with many tears, And some without a sigh: For each man kills the thing he loves, Yet each man does not die.

When a man gets drunk he gets sentimental. That's what I wanted to avoid.

freedom only gives you something to be sorry for.

Do you regret those days?' 'No,' replied Marcelle acidly: 'but I regret the life I might have had.

I thought I saw Anny smiling. I try to refresh my memory: I need to feel all the tenderness that Anny inspires; it is there, this tenderness, it is near me, only asking to be born. But the smile does not return: it is finished. I remain dry and empty.

Je ne peux plus rien d'autre. Je ne les entends plus, tu sais. C'est sans doute qu'ils en ont fini avec moi. Fini: l'affaire est classée, je ne suis plus rien sur terre, même plus un lâche. Inès, nous voilà seuls: il n'y a plus que vous deux pour penser à moi. Elle ne compte pas. Mais toi, toi qui me hais, si tu me crois, tu me sauves.

Ama barda??m?n dibinde biram ?l?ksa, aynada koyu renkli lekeler varsa, fazlal?ksam; en içten ve en kat???ks?z ac?m, ay?bal??? gibi, hem bir y???n et hem gepgeniÅŸ bir deriyle ve insan?n içine dokunan ?slak, ama kötülük dolu gözlerle sürüklenip hantalla??yorsa bu benim kabahatim mi?

And you, fathers and mothers, loving par-ents, lower your eyes humbly. They are there, your dead children, stretching their frail arms towards you, and all the happiness you denied them, all the tortures you inflicted, weigh like lead on their sad, childish, unforgiving hearts.

Cand aveam 20 de ani m? îmb?tam ÅŸi pe urm? explicam c? sunt un tip în genul lui Descartes. SimÅ£eam c? m? umflu de eroism, îmi d?deam frîu liber, îmi pl?cea. Dup? care, a doua zi, eram la fel de scîrbit ca ÅŸi cînd m-aÅŸ fi trezit într-un pat plin de v?rs?turi. Ieri n-aveam nici m?car scuza beÅ£iei. M-am exaltat ca un imbecil. Am nevoie s? m? cur?? cu gînduri abstracte, transparente ca apa.

Qarjet e të rriturve ishin si një katastrofë mistike, diçka si lotët që derdh Zoti për ligësinë e njerëzve.

Mi son detto stancamente: Come poso sperare di salvare il passato di un altro, io che non ho avuto la forza di trattenere il mio?

I've met very few professional land surveyors who regret their career path, and even fewer, who are out of work, even during economic slowdowns.

The evil-doer mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work.

It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

End up blowing all of his wages for the week, all for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.

I regret that I stayed in my first relationship for too long. I didn't get that it wasn't working out.