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> [fear has always been a diminisher of life. Whether bred in the bogs of superstition or clothed in the brocades of dogma and ritual, the specter of death has reduced the living to supplicants, powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/fear-has-always-been-a-diminisher-of-life-whether-bred-in-the-bogs-of/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

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## Other authors on Bogs

## More by Marya Mannes

> [fear has always been a diminisher of life. Whether bred in the bogs of superstition or clothed in the brocades of dogma and ritual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/fear-has-always-been-a-diminisher-of-life-whether-bred-in-the-bogs-of/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/timing-and-arrogance-are-decisive-factors-in-the-successful-use-of/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/to-be-at-peace-with-self-to-find-company-and-nourishment-in-self-this/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/the-process-of-maturing-is-an-art-to-be-learned-an-effort-to-be/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [A musical audience is at best uninspiring, at worst definitely drab. ... Respectability hangs like a pall over the orchestra and the boxes; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/a-musical-audience-is-at-best-uninspiring-at-worst-definitely-drab/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/lie-down-and-listen-to-the-crabgrass-grow/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/the-overwhelming-majority-of-people-who-are-engaged-in-the-processes/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/the-suppression-of-civil-liberties-is-too-many-less-a-matter-for/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/euthanasia-is-simply-to-be-able-to-die-with-dignity-at-a-moment-when/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/to-know-the-good-is-to-react-against-the-bad-indifference-is-the-mark/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [Surely the hold of great music on the listener is precisely this: that the listener is made whole; and at the same time part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/surely-the-hold-of-great-music-on-the-listener-is-precisely-this-that/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/it-is-privilege-of-living-to-be-acutely-agonizingly-conscious-of-the/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [When women can cherish the vulnerability of men as much as men can exult in the strength of women, a new breed could lift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/when-women-can-cherish-the-vulnerability-of-men-as-much-as-men-can/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/i-don-t-think-the-advertisers-have-any-real-idea-of-their-power-not/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

> [The greatest miracle of all, the human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/the-greatest-miracle-of-all-the-human-being/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

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