billswift comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 08 June 2010 02:39:48AM * 2 points [-]

I haven't seen a study, but that is a common belief. A good quote to that effect,

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

And I vaguely remember seeing another similar quote from Churchill.