“ It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. ”
Ayn Rand, Anthem (1938). copy citation
| Author | Ayn Rand |
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| Source | Anthem |
| Topic | evil good |
| Date | 1938 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1250/1250-h/1250-h.htm |
Context
“We, Equality 7-2521, were not happy in those years in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked upon us.
So we fought against this curse. We tried to forget our lessons, but we always remembered. We tried not to understand what the Teachers taught, but we always understood it before the Teachers had spoken.”
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