Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.

John Greenleaf Whittier
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest...
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest...
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest...
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest...
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The saddest words you can hear are “It might have been.” The saddest thing about these words is that they are so true. We should all be so lucky to have had so many life experiences, but the fact is that we didn’t. Life is not fair, and there are so many times where we wish things could have been different. But, the best thing to do with these regrets is to work on ourselves and move on. Be happy for the good times you do have, because it’s almost impossible to be happy with what you didn’t get.

Source: Maud Muller Pamphlet

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