“It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted”
Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1495–1558) French poet
Original: Mieux vaut faire, et se repentir / Que se repentir, et rien faire
Source: Quatrains, LXXVIII
“It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.”
— Frank Zappa, book The Real Frank Zappa Book
Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book
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