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I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe h

I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry. – Samuel Butler

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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. – Samuel Butler

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Style
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A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. – Samuel Butler

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Genius
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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. – Lucille Ball

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Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Regret & Remorse

Its the things I might have said that fester. – Clemence Dane

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Regret & Remorse

Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting. – Arthur Brisbane

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Regret & Remorse

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