Viliam_Bur comments on Useful maxims - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 11 July 2012 04:00:53PM 2 points [-]

Heh, the thing I try to think to myself is not always true, but worth thinking about.

The funny thing about regret is, it's better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done.

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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