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Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.

Irving Stone

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Opinion Journalist
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