"What our contempts do often hurl from..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
What our contempts do often hurl from us,We wish it ours again.
More by William Shakespeare
“Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose thatthe world can say against it; and therefore never floutat me for what I have said against it; for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.”
“And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach, Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch'd.”
“Affection, mistress of passion, sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathes.”
More on Regret
“How can you have any regret when everything worked out fine? But why I think it worked out fine is due to the lessons I learned along the way. And one of those involves listening to experts.”
“Let life be short, else shame will be too long.”
“I go back to December, turn around and make it alright I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind I go back to December all the time”
More on Loss
“I wish I had died before I ever loved anyone but her.”
“For many people, illness - loss of health - represents the crisis situation that triggers an awakening. With serious illness comes awareness of your own mortality, the greatest loss of all.”
“No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.”