“A divinely brilliant life has no regret when DEATH comes along.
And you say," Yes, I'm well prepared! "”

Life, Death, Wisdom

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“If we live a life full of regret, full of things we haven't done, if we've lived an unfulfilled life, when death comes along, it's a lot worse. I think it's true for all of us.”

Irvin D. Yalom (1931) American psychotherapist and writer

How to Die, The Atlantic, October 2017 Issue https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/how-to-die/537906/

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“Well tonight I'm gonna live for today, so come along for the ride,
I hope I'm old before I die.”

Robbie Williams (1974) British singer and entertainer

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“Percy: Dad-

Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.

Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right?

Poseidon: Oh… yes. Good point.”

Variant: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.
I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?
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“Not by hazard are ye come; divine fate, I ween, hath brought you to my shores.”
Haud temere est, fato divum reor ad mea vectos litora vos.

Source: Argonautica, Book IV, Lines 741–742

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“Regret…when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.”

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