Ayn Rand quote: You can fake virtue for an audience. You can’t fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest ...

You can fake virtue for an audience. You can’t fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running.

~ Ayn Rand ~

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