Quote by Mary McCarthy
People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. – Mary McCarthy

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You musnt force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex. – Mary McCarthy

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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy

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Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldnt, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives. – Ivo Andric

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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. – Stendhal

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Fear is the highest fence. – Dudley Nichols

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We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. – Donald Dowes

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I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality. – Peter Fonda

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So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes. – Samuel Butler (poet)

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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. – Robertson Davies

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