When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
AYN RANDCompromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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