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The sentiment sounded trite, but then didn't most good sentiments sound trite? It was hard to make goodness – and good people – sound interesting. Yet the good were worthy of note, of course, because they battled and that battle was a great story, whereas the evil were evil because of moral laziness, or weakness, and that was ultimately a dull and uninteresting affair.

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But we make such mistakes all the time, all through our lives. Wisdom, I suppose, is seeing this and acting upon it before it is too late. But it is often too late, isn't it? – and those things that we should have said are unsaid, and remain unsaid for ever.

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

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Born: August 24, 1948 (age 77)

Bio: R. Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a British writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh.

Known for:

44 Scotland Street (2004)
Tears of the Giraffe (2000)
Corduroy Mansions (2009)
The Sunday Philosophy Club (2004)
Portuguese Irregular Verbs (1997)

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