Ayn Rand quote: What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them ...

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

~ Ayn Rand ~

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