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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Regret |
| Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion, which impell’d the steel. Byron—English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. L. 823. | 1 |
| Thou wilt lament Hereafter, when the evil shall be done And shall admit no cure. Homer—Iliad. Bk. LX. L. 308. Bryant’s trans. | 2 |
| No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night. Ben Jonson—Epigram CI. | 3 |
| O lost days of delight, that are wasted in doubting and waiting! O lost hours and days in which we might have been happy! Longfellow—Tales of a Wayside Inn. Pt. III. The Theologian’s Tale. Elizabeth. | 4 |
| For who, alas! has lived, Nor in the watches of the night recalled Words he has wished unsaid and deeds undone. Sam’l Rogers—Reflections. L. 52. | 5 |
| I could have better spar’d a better man. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act V. Sc. 4. L. 104. | 6 |
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