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> [There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/there-are-many-women-whose-lives-would-be-immeasurably-improved-by/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/if-your-ceiling-should-fall-down-then-you-have-lost-a-room-but-gained/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/we-should-be-careful-of-the-insults-we-fling-at-others-lest-they/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [They're very beautiful, aren't they? Clouds are very beautiful and yet so often we fail to appreciate them properly. We should do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/they-re-very-beautiful-aren-t-they-clouds-are-very-beautiful-and-yet/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/you-re-always-told-by-your-publisher-that-you-must-only-write-one/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/i-have-always-taken-the-view-that-one-should-never-hold-against-a-man/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [That of all people, it should be him; that took her aback. That the heart should settle on somebody like him; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/that-of-all-people-it-should-be-him-that-took-her-aback-that-the/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [A wedding was a strange ceremony, she thought, with all those formal words, those solemn vows made by one to another; whereas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/a-wedding-was-a-strange-ceremony-she-thought-with-all-those-formal/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/but-we-make-such-mistakes-all-the-time-all-through-our-lives-wisdom-i/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [The people with the strong, brave exteriors are just as weak and vulnerable as the rest of us. And of course they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/the-people-with-the-strong-brave-exteriors-are-just-as-weak-and/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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## Other authors on Should

## More by Alexander McCall Smith

> [“old-fashioned, gentle Scottish physician, unmoved by the considerations of profit and personal gain that could so disfigure medicine. That doctors should consider themselves businessmen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/old-fashioned-gentle-scottish-physician-unmoved-by-the-considerations/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“She had not made a lot of money, but she had not made a loss, and she had been happy and entertained. That counted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/she-had-not-made-a-lot-of-money-but-she-had-not-made-a-loss-and-she/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [And that, in a way, was the burden of being a philosopher: one knew what one had to do, but it was so often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/and-that-in-a-way-was-the-burden-of-being-a-philosopher-one-knew-what/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“To use strong language, she thought, was a sign of bad temper and lack of concern for others. Such people were not clever or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/to-use-strong-language-she-thought-was-a-sign-of-bad-temper-and-lack/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“Men are very sensitive, Mma Makutsi. You would not always think it to look at them, but they are. They do not like you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/men-are-very-sensitive-mma-makutsi-you-would-not-always-think-it-to/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“He is a good man, but even a good man can fall for a glamorous woman. That is well known.” “That is very well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/he-is-a-good-man-but-even-a-good-man-can-fall-for-a-glamorous-woman/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“And then the second thing you have to do is go and see your son. That is a duty of love, Andrew. It's as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/and-then-the-second-thing-you-have-to-do-is-go-and-see-your-son-that/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“Because laughs never die away entirely,” said Jamie. “At least, if you believe in Marconi.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/because-laughs-never-die-away-entirely-said-jamie-at-least-if-you/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“The trouble with having a conscience, she said to herself, is that it never sleeps.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/the-trouble-with-having-a-conscience-she-said-to-herself-is-that-it/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“And if there's bad behaviour," Mma Potokwane went on. "If there's bad behaviour, the quickest way of stopping it is to give more love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/and-if-there-s-bad-behaviour-mma-potokwane-went-on-if-there-s-bad/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“We never realise how transparent we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/we-never-realise-how-transparent-we-are/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“Has he not got a wife back wherever he comes from? Is there no wife to say, ‘You must not go off and visit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/has-he-not-got-a-wife-back-wherever-he-comes-from-is-there-no-wife-to/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“He looked at her in the darkness, at this woman who was everything to him-mother, Africa, wisdom, understanding, good things to eat, pumpkins, chicken,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/he-looked-at-her-in-the-darkness-at-this-woman-who-was-everything-to/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“It is because you are generous in spirit; and may I be like that; may I become like you—which unrealistic wish, to become the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/it-is-because-you-are-generous-in-spirit-and-may-i-be-like-that-may-i/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

> [“Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni,” she asked, “do you think that our souls grow as we get older?” He did not answer immediately, but when he did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/mr-j-l-b-matekoni-she-asked-do-you-think-that-our-souls-grow-as-we/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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