Viliam_Bur comments on Useful maxims - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 12 July 2012 06:53:05AM * 3 points [-]

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - - Publilius Syrus
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
My version: You will regret missed opportunities far more than anything you actually do.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 12 July 2012 02:10:10PM 3 points [-]

You will regret missed opportunities far more than anything you actually do.

But that's probably a bias. You often don't realize what you missed; and even if you do, the missed things are usually in a far mode.

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