"Yes," she said gravely. "All of us do things we regret--that's part of being human. And sometimes, I think, moral quality reveals itself not so much in what we do, but in what we later say about what we have done...."/>

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" He seemed genuinely astonished. "You admire me?"

"Yes," she said gravely. "All of us do things we regret--that's part of being human. And sometimes, I think, moral quality reveals itself not so much in what we do, but in what we later say about what we have done.... "

― Alexander McCall Smith , The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (Isabel Dalhousie, #8)

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