Quote by William Cowper
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. - William Cowper

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. – William Cowper

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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one… – William Cowper

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

I have no regrets. I wouldnt have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say. – Ingrid Bergman

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

Remorse is virtues root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness. – William Cullen Bryant

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