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It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

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Imagination,

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Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: Imagination

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar but the best improve with age.
  • 2. Age considers youth ventures.
  • 3. No sex age or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Well I've always thought that my career was in England really. I used to do more in the theatre and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing.
  • 2. I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer a marvelous marvelous guitar player and plays really good fiddle.
  • 3. It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
  • 2. The opposite of anger is not calmness its empathy.
  • 3. Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons and marry the right person.
  • 2. Marriage is the most natural state of man and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.
  • 3. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse hopefully enduring and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.
  • 2. A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
  • 3. I have no requirements for a style of architecture.
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