As to the other pleasures of life, regret at their loss should be in inverse proportion to the extent to which one weeps for losing them. The less we weep for them, the more we ought to be weeping.
 Saint Augustine, Confessions (401). copy citation

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Author Saint Augustine
Source Confessions
Topic loss regret
Date 401
Language English
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Note Translated by Henry Chadwick
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