"It seems it has been my fate to sadden those I should have made happy."

Regret, Sadness, Loss, Impact

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"It seems it has been my fate to sadden those I should have made happy."

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"Do you have regrets that we were so overwhelmed? Do you ever wish to live those hours over again and differently, with more confidence."

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"Sudden acquaintance brings repentance."

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"The future is just wasted on some people."

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"Well, here I am, just come home; a fellow gone to the bad; though I had the best intentions in the world at one time. Now I am melancholy mad, what with drinking and one thing and another."

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"He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines."

Humility

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."

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"I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should."

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"If the whole world I once could seeOn free soil stand, with the people freeThen to the moment might I say,Linger awhile. . .so fair thou art."

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"A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch, his virtues and greatness belong to himself."

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"The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it."

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"Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do."

Action

"Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless."

Decision

"If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own."

Man

"What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours."

Responsibility