To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.
后悔自己的经历,就是阻止自身成长;否认自己的经历,就是让自己的生命说谎。这无异于否认灵魂。
— Oscar Wilde · De Profundis (1905 edition) —