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Ayn Rand
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept of beauty. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.234, Hamilton Books
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept of beauty. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.234, Hamilton Books

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