Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Regret Quotes, Time Quotes

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and...

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and...

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent....

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent....

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than...

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than...

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the...

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the...

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep...

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep...

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

What you don't know would make a great book.

What you don't know would make a great book.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be...

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be...