What’s done can’t be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again.
[Gedane zaken nemen geen keer, maar wel kan men verder voorkomen.]
Anne Frank (1929–1945) German-Dutch Jewish diarist
Diary (1944-05-07) [tr. Massotty (1995)]
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(Source (Dutch)). Another translation:What's done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again.
[tr. Mooyaart-Doubleday (1951)]
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When you’re forty, half of you belongs to the past — and when you’re seventy, nearly all of you —
Jean Anouilh (1910–1987) French dramatist
Léocadia [Time Remembered], Act 2, sc. 2 [Duchess] (1939) [tr. Moyes (1955)]
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Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.
Oscar Levant (1906–1972) American pianist, composer, actor, wit
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