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There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

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Mary McCarthy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1912
Born: June 21
Died: 1989
Died: October 25
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Mary Therese McCarthy
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Whenever in history, equality appeared on the agenda, it was exported somewhere else, like an undesirable.
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We are the hero of our own story.
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this is the spirit of the enchantment under which Venice lies, pearly and roseate, like the Sleeping Beauty, changeless throughout the centuries, arrested, while the concrete forest of the modern world grows up around her.
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I shall never send for a priest or recite an Act of Contrition in my last moments. I do not mind if I lose my soul for all eternity. If the kind of God exists Who would damn me for not working out a deal with Him, then that is unfortunate. I should not care to spend eternity in the company of such a person.
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most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know it made them feel ignorant.
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