For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; gen…

Aldous Huxley
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For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society. ✨ Brave New World. Book by Aldous Huxley. Chapter 1, 1932.
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For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society. ✨ Brave New World. Book by Aldous Huxley. Chapter 1, 1932.

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