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Quotes from The Fountainhead — Ayn Rand

1905–1982 Russia

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One can't love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name.

The Fountainhead (1943)

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

The Fountainhead (1943)

The first right on earth is the right of the ego.

The Fountainhead (1943)

To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I.

The Fountainhead (1943)

You can fake virtue for an audience. You can’t fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge, they run from it. They spend their lives running.

The Fountainhead (1943)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ayn Rand (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.