John Greenleaf Whittier

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American Quaker poet (1807-1892) known for his poem 'Maud Muller,' which contains the famous lines about 'it might have been.'

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Mentioned once in Look Before You Leap.

Look Before You Leap

Season 3 · Episode 16 · S03E16

“I'm reminded of a quotation by John Greenleaf Whittier: 'For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: It might have been'”
— Frasier

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