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Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. — William Carlos Williams
Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and… — Aldous Huxley
Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering… — Oscar Wilde
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will… — Ernest Hemingway
Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. — Charlotte Bronte
The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books… — Oscar Wilde
One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is… — Victor Hugo
The memory of that event has only just come back to me, now doubly painful: regret for a vanished past and, above all, remorse for… — Jean-Dominique Bauby
We need be careful how we deal with those about us, when every death carries to some small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much… — Charles Dickens
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive. — Mignon McLaughlin
Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able to choose between… — Paulo Coelho
Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of… — Oscar Wilde
Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart… — Plutarch
Beneath the skin, there is fear. Pain. Remorse. Yearning. Desire. A fierce longing for power. All of this. We are joined. It is as if… — Libba Bray
I have come to think that life is a far more limited thing than those in the midst of its maelstorm realize. That light shines… — Haruki Murakami
There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father's remorse. Sometimes, I thing everything he… — Khaled Hosseini
WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be… — Paul Farmer
It is the bungled crime that brings remorse. — P.G. Wodehouse
From this outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living.… — Ray Bradbury
For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but… — Yann Martel
I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I carry the weight… — Jean-Paul Sartre
So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good. — John Milton

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