An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent.
Max Muller (2013). “Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha”, p.160, Lulu Press, Inc