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Mary McCarthy Quotes: Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon.
         

Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon.


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Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."



Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.



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If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.



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For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.



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We are the hero of our own story.



Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.





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