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To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.

Marya Mannes

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
Author
Journalist
Indifference
Ethics
Morality
Mark
Good
Deprivation
React

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