“Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.”
Source: He Knew He Was Right
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Source: The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage
“Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.”
Semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.
Book I, epistle xviii, line 71
Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC)
“Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.”
As quoted in Sigmund Says : And Other Psychotherapists' Quotes (2006) by Bernard Nisenholz, p. 94
Source: From a "Race of Masters" to a "Master Race": 1948 to 1848
Canto V, stanza 18.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)
“He is broken, far from free
Words were spoken, 'tween him and me”
"Temporary And Eternal" - Live performance, later used on the compilation album The Keep (16 May 1995) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiIqnvFAoHs
Equipoise (1993)
Context: He is broken, far from free
Words were spoken, 'tween him and me:
"I had friends, yes, I was admired
I'm so old now, feel so tired."
Well he walks to the gate and he looks behind
at life in rewind
And wishes he had known these things
while still alive.
“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”
Source: The Exploration of Space