"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did." — Mark Twain

Twain shifts the usual fear of failure toward a bigger, quieter one: regret over chances never taken. Mistakes fade and get folded into your story; the things you never attempted just sit there, unresolved, for decades.

Category: wisdom

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