"Why does man regret, even though he may……" — Charles Darwin

"Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the other; and why does he further feel that he ought to regret his conduct? Man in this respect differs profoundly from the lower animals."

— Charles Darwin

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