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No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused!

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol · 1843

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Regret Missed opportunities Carpe diem

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1843

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Charles Dickens

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Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 1.

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Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 1.

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