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Emily Dickinson - Conventionality is not morality....
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. Espousing the former is not defending the latter. (Emily Dickinson)

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. Espousing the former is not defending the latter.

Emily Dickinson

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