"If you were organising a dinner party in nineteenth-century [[Copenhagen]], and wanted to be sure of having someone in the mix who’d keep the conversation upbeat, you probably wouldn’t have invited [[Søren Kierkegaard]]. ‘**Marry, and you will regret it; do not marry, and you will also regret it**,’ wrote the [[Danish]] theologian, philosopher and notorious grumbler. In life, he observed, **there are always ‘two possible situations: one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it. You will regret both’.** And you’d certainly regret having invited Kierkegaard round for dinner: what a buzz-kill." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[regret]], [[optimism]], [[pessimism]], [[making-decisions]] **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]