Regret
Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.
Dislike; aversion.
To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
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Regret Quotations
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. Lewis
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
Henry David Thoreau
I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.
Jimi Hendrix
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
Woody Allen
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Ambrose Bierce
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Jim Rohn
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
Tallulah Bankhead
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.
Soren Kierkegaard
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
Lucille Ball
Regret Translations
regret in Afrikaans is jammer wees
regret in Danish is beklage
regret in Dutch is betreuren, bejammeren
regret in Finnish is valittaa
regret in Italian is pentirsi, compianto, lamentare
regret in Portuguese is pesar
regret in Spanish is lamentar, arrepentirse, endechar
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