if he believes that flaws are values, he has damned existence as evil and only the evil will attract him. He has damned himself and he will feel that depravity is all he is worthy of enjoying. He has equated virtue with pain and he will feel that vice is the only realm of pleasure.
 Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957). copy citation

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Author Ayn Rand
Source Atlas Shrugged
Topic pain depravity
Date 1957
Language English
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