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There is nothing so depressing as a constant contemplation of one's self, and the greatest moral cowardice in the world's opinion comes from consulting one's own personal convenience.

Marie Corelli

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Marie Corelli
Age: 68 †
Born: 1855
Born: May 1
Died: 1924
Died: April 21
Novelist
Poet
Writer
London
England
Mary McKay
Mary Mackay
Moral
Convenience
Comes
Cowardice
Nothing
Depressing
Self
Contemplation
World
Constant
Personal
Greatest
Opinion
Consulting

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