It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement.
 Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead (1943). copy citation

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Author Ayn Rand
Source The Fountainhead
Topic achievement charity
Date 1943
Language English
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