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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It is better to do nothing than to do harm. Half the useful work in the world consists of combating the harmful work.
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 16 “Effort and Resignation” (1930)
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