L'esprit de l'escalier. It's a French term used in English for the predicament of thinking of the perfect reply too late.
Do you have any comebacks that you wished you had said to opposing football fans, a retort that you wish you had said to a figure of autority, a brilliant reply that you could have made if you had thought of it at the time.
"I known many women that can act like a man but very few that can act like a gentleman"
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”
I wish I had said that
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