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I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Ayn Rand
Attribution: attributed
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Not established
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1905 to 1982; Wikidata Q132524, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132524 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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Recorded source
Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)

Supplied reference B; unit 184; PDF page 22; printed attribution: Ayn Rand; collection label: Famous quotations

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Culture
Famous quotations