Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the ov…

Aldous Huxley
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Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world
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