People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.

Too late. It's hatched.

I refuse to repent, and I won't plague myself over what is done and past

In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes. To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies. Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark, Else upon your mind they'll place a mark; Do not listen to the shadows of the deep, Else they haunt you even when you sleep.

Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do

do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.