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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David Thoreau Walden · 1849

Quotes

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

Works

Ayn Rand · 1943
The Fountainhead

An architect resists professional and social pressures while pursuing an uncompromising vision of individual creativity, independence, and artistic integrity.

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