Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad … - Mary McCarthy

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Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

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Mary Therese McCarthy (21 June 1912 – 25 October 1989) was an American author and critic.

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