Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns…

Ayn Rand
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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. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.1447, Penguin
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