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People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.
Mary McCarthy
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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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most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know it made them feel ignorant.
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