You'd let the whole world perish rather than soil that immaculate self…

Ayn Rand
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You'd let the whole world perish rather than soil that immaculate self of yours with a single spot of which you'd have to be ashamed. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.234, Hamilton Books
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You'd let the whole world perish rather than soil that immaculate self of yours with a single spot of which you'd have to be ashamed. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.234, Hamilton Books

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