We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness…

Isabel Allende
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We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning. ✨ Isabel Allende (1993). The Infinite Plan: A Novel, Harpercollins
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We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning. ✨ Isabel Allende (1993). The Infinite Plan: A Novel, Harpercollins

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