Famous Quotes / Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy: "The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and bare, gives pause to criminality. But perhaps it is the other way around."
Armor | Around | Bare | Believe |
Criminality | Crucifixion | Gives | Goodness |
Historical | Kind | Notwithstanding | Other |
Outstanding | Pause | Perhaps | Plain |
Precedents | Still | Virtue |