What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a n…

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What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable? ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.264, Penguin
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What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable? ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.264, Penguin

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