Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past – the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive. (Tryon Edwards)

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past – the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

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