Quotes of Regrettable - somelinesforyou

“ I must say, to die with one's sword still sheathed is most regrettable. ”

- Miyamoto Musashi

“ Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong… Don't bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong… ”

- Janeane Garofalo

“ The Christian view that all intercourse outside marriage is immoral was, as we see in the above passages from St. Paul, based upon the view that all sexual intercourse, even within marriage, is regrettable. A view of this sort, which goes against biological facts, can only be regarded by sane people as a morbid aberration… ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would permit, rather ungraciously perhaps, the indulgence of a number of carefully selected desires. ”

- C. E. M. Joad

“ The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend. ”

- Lewis H. Lapham
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