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Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Happiness Hard Master Other Particularly People

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The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Almost Cruelty Impulse Love Many Mischievous More Much People Sexual Violent

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A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Doubt Fanatic Man Over Secret Who

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Every man's memory is his private literature.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Every His Literature Man Memory Private

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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Author Bad Book Good Labor Much Sincerely Soul Write

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We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Comedy Look Only Participate Tragedy

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A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: After Before Believer Freedom Lunch Man May Optimistic Pessimistic Will

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So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Arise Long Make Men Miserable Them Will Worship

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What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Determined Extent Feel Glands Great Great Extent Our State Think

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What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Enjoying Heroes Leisure Making Necessary No Time Sons Think Time Way Won Ah

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: July 26th, 1894

Died: November 22nd, 1963

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