“it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.”
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, Writer and Author
Source: The Letters of Machiavelli
“It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted”
Original: Mieux vaut faire, et se repentir / Que se repentir, et rien faire
Source: Quatrains, LXXVIII
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Original: Ah, não há saudades mais dolorosas do que as das coisas que nunca foram!