"Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently"
- Charles Dudley Warner
About this Quote
This quote by Charles Dudley Warner speaks to the idea that while we can't change the past, we can still regret it. We can look back on our lives and think of all the things that could have been different if we had made different choices. History is full of moments that could have gone differently, and we can't help but feel regret for the way things turned out. This quote reminds us that while we can't change the past, we can still learn from it and use it to inform our decisions in the present. We can use our regrets to help us make better choices in the future, so that we don't have to regret them later.
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