Maybe any action becomes cowardly once you stop to reason about it. Conscience doth make cowards of us all, eh mamma mia? If you start an argument wi… - Mary McCarthy

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Maybe any action becomes cowardly once you stop to reason about it. Conscience doth make cowards of us all, eh mamma mia? If you start an argument with yourself, that makes two people at least, and when you have two people, one of them starts appeasing the other.

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About Mary McCarthy

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

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Alternative Names: Mary Therese McCarthy
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