But we make such mistakes all the time, all through our lives. Wisdom, I suppose, is seeing this … - Alexander McCall Smith

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That which is the foundation of all our hopes and of all our fears; all our hopes and fears which are of any consideration; I mean a Future Life.

Alexander McCall Smith

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.

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