Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret both. Laugh at the world’s follies, you will regret it; weep over them, you will also regret it; laugh or weep at the world’s follies, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; don’t believe her, you will also regret it; believe or don’t believe a woman, you will regret both. Hang yourself, you will regret it; don’t hang yourself, you will also regret it; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the sum and substance of all philosophy.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Modern
Father of existentialism
