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Remorse Quotes

"Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time?"

"Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time?"

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Remorse, Regret, Ignorance, Reflection, Time

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"Some details escaped her, but the regret remained with her."

"Some details escaped her, but the regret remained with her."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Remorse, Regret, Memory, Reflection, Pain

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"I cannot show remorse because I do not believe I am guilty."

"I cannot show remorse because I do not believe I am guilty."

Lyn Nofziger, American Press Secretary

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"On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least."

"On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

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"He had been driven hither by the impulse of that Remorse which dogged him everywhere, and whose own sister and closely linked companion was that Cowardice which invariably drew him back, with her tremulous gripe, just when the other impulse had hurried him to the verge of a disclosure."

"He had been driven hither by the impulse of that Remorse which dogged him everywhere, and whose own sister and closely linked companion was that Cowardice which invariably drew him back, with her tremulous gripe, just when the other impulse had hurried him to the verge of a disclosure."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Remorse, Guilt, Conflict, Conscience

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"There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse."

"There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Remorse, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life."

"Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Remorse, Mistake, Morality, Regret

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"But year after year that summons, unheard but felt, was disobeyed. His one secret thought became like a chain binding down his spirit and like a serpent gnawing into his heart."

"But year after year that summons, unheard but felt, was disobeyed. His one secret thought became like a chain binding down his spirit and like a serpent gnawing into his heart."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Remorse, Regret, Obsession, Time, Consequence

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"I have died every day in my mind with disgust for not being able to protect my own children."

"I have died every day in my mind with disgust for not being able to protect my own children."

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

Remorse, Guilt, Parenting, Regret, Responsibility

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"Personally of course I regret everything.Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need,not a grief, not a joy, not a girl, not a boy,not a doubt, not a trust, not a scorn, not a lust,not a hope, not a fear, not a smile, not a tear,not a name, not a face, no time, no place...that I do not regret, exceedingly.An ordure, from beginning to end."

"Personally of course I regret everything.Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need,not a grief, not a joy, not a girl, not a boy,not a doubt, not a trust, not a scorn, not a lust,not a hope, not a fear, not a smile, not a tear,not a name, not a face, no time, no place...that I do not regret, exceedingly.An ordure, from beginning to end."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

Remorse, Regret, Existence, Confession, Despair

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"The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in the excess of grief."

"The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in the excess of grief."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Remorse, Grief, Regret, Sorrow

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$"I haven't felt the full weightof the world on my shoulders,and I haven't experienceda fraction of the painand embarrassment I've put out into this great bigwhite world."$

"I haven't felt the full weightof the world on my shoulders,and I haven't experienceda fraction of the painand embarrassment I've put out into this great bigwhite world."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

Remorse, Regret, Pain, Reflection, Responsibility

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"I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it."

"I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it."

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Remorse, Regret, Emotion, Reflection

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