Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Topics: Regret Quotes

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely...

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely...

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties...

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties...

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires...

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires...

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty,...

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty,...

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.