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However unpleasant anxieties over status may be, it is difficult to imagine a good life entirely free of them, for the fear of failing and disgracing oneself in the eyes of others is an inevitable consequence of harbouring ambitions, of favouring one set of outcomes over another and of having regard for individuals besides oneself.

To encourage fellow feeling, learn to look at other adults as you might at children. Few things can more quickly transform our sense of a person’s character than picturing him or her as a child