Mark Twain's Advice Analysis

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I agree with Mark Twain’s advice. Mark Twain’s advice is “Twenty years from now you

will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off

the bow lines. Sail away from the harbor.” This quote can be abridged to “have no regrets.”

Having regrets can haunt someone.

I can relate to this because I regret not double checking my test answers. One day, I had

a reading test and I did not check to see if the reverse side had questions. I got a bad grade on

my test because half of the questions were not answered. This made me very irate because I

did not know there were more question. Another example is when I condoned my chance to

meet an eminent figure.

According to lifehack.com, guilt, regret,

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