Management who are so greedy that they judge investors exclusively on how much equity they receive often regret their choice.

管理层如果过于贪婪，只根据自己得到多少股权这一点来对投资者进行评判，事后往往会后悔莫及。

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The hardest choices usually aren't as clear-cut as this one was, and if the choice involves other people, they often will try to make you live to regret doing the right thing.

最艰难的抉择通常不会像这件事那样轮廓清晰，如果还涉及其他人，别人的干扰经常会使你虽然做了正确的决定却生活在悔恨之中。

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Similarly, young lovers, often exasperated in unrequited love, may purposefully hurt each other, only later to profoundly regret what they had done.

同样地，年轻的情侣陷入在单恋的苦痛中时，往往会故意伤害彼此，事后却深深后悔自己的所作所为。

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Politicians cannot help themselves: they talk to their supporters and often say things they may later regret, especially in what they believe are private fund-raisers where they can speak their minds and try to convince their donors that they fervently embrace their causes.

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They say no and often regret it for the rest of their lives.

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Kids often self-reveal before they reflect, and millions of kids say and do things they later regret.

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